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(v) sq-qqFtafus fi qrd&dd gt fi, Nffi fr rr"rdfr3{frqddfidrEri,r Tfr A Hrurfr aar qz fM d sgl 5 sruro rs-S oqd t nryft, tt rrd] b sqq fr, ildr 6dr sr+q d, qqrkd M o) rq qd$ rriE1 fr srql-dkd dri or f{d-s frqr drurrT il6r 3rfiqd dfr 6li d rgqfrdt [qi. ttzooq,qil.s. arcttizoo4-Flqm fizizq-t ] Vfi-o Sq'R fra, erqt qlqq MINISTRY OF FTNANCE (Depaftment of Revenue) NOTMCATION Nerv Dellu, the l5th October, 2004 1/2004-N arcotics Control-1 G.S.R679(E).- In pursuance of rule 8 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Rules, 1985, the Central Government hereby notifies the general conditions for grant of licence specified below for cultivation of opium poppy on account of the Central Government during the Opium Crop Year commencing on the lst day of October, 2004 and ending with the 30th day of September,2005 PREAMBLE The Government of India (hereinafter referred to as the Government)- CONSIDERING the indispensable medicinal use of opium;
RECOGNISING its role as the sole licit supplier of this raw material to meet requirements of oPiates; and being IQNSCIOUS of the necessity to prevent and combat drug trafficking.and drug abuse, HEREBy lays down the following general conditions for grant of licence for opium cultivation for the crop year 2004-05.
I. PLACE OF CT]LTIVATION Itoppy cultivation may be licensed in any tract as may be notified in this behalf by the Central Government.
2. ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT OF LICENCE
(a) Cultivators who have tendered an average yield of opium of not less than 54 kg/hectare in the States of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and an average yield of I qrq il-qrs3(i)] qKd q"l {lcltDl : 3T{lItIRUl 5 opium of not less than 48 kg/hectare in Uttar Pradesh, shall alone be eligible fbr l icence.
(b) The above-mentioned criterion shall not be applicable to the cultivators of the following categories:
(i) Who ploughed back their entire poppy cultivation during the crop year 200-i-2004, under supervision of the Government in accordance with the provisions in this regard.
However, the above clause will not be applicable in respect of those cultivators who had fully ploughed back their entire poppy crop during 2001-02 and 2002-03 also.
(ii) Whose appeal against refusal of licence has been allowed after the last date of settlement in the crop year 2003-2004, ot
(iii) Who have cultivated poppy in the crop year 2001-02 or any subsequent crop year and were eligible for licence in the immediately following crop year, but did not voluntarily obtain the licence for any reason, or who, after having obtained the licence for the following crop year, did not actually cultivate poppy due to any reason
3. CONDTTIONS OF LICENCE
(a) No cultivator shall be granted licence unless he/she satisfies that'
(i) he/she did not, in the course of actual cultivation, exceed the area licensed for poppy cultivation during the crop year 2003-2004;
(ii) he/she did not at any time resort to illicit cultivation of opium poppy and was not charged in any competent Court for any offence under the Narcotic Drugs and psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and the Rules made thereunder;
and
(iii) he/she did not during the crop year 2003-04 violate any Departmental instructions issued by the Central Bureau of NarcoticsA',larcotics Commissioner or did not adulterate the opium procured by him/her before/while tendering the opium to the Government. The opium classified as inferior by the Government Opium Factories, Neemuch/Ghazipur will be treated as adulterated.
(iv) cultivators who had tendered opium during the crop year 2003-04 which has been found to be of a consistency lower than 55 degree will be debarred from licence for the crop year 2OO4-05.
(b) All cultivators, who had cultivated opium poppy during the crop yew 2003-04 in more than two plots but tendered opium in accordance with the required Minimum TIIEGAZETTEOFINDIA:EXTRAORDINARY [P'rnrll-Sr,'.3(i)] Qualifying Yield (MQY), and also fulfilled other conditions of licence will be given licence for the crop year 2004-2005.
4. MAXIMUM AREA
(i) All eligible cultivators will be issued licence for l0 are. However, cultivators can cultivate in any area less than the licensed area according to their capability and availabi l i ty of water
(ii) A cultivator can sow opium poppy in not more than two plots.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything stated above, the Government rnay allow an area more than l0 are to any Agricultural Research Institute or Agriculture University in the opium growing States for research purposes.
5. CONDONABLE LIMIT The condonable limit in respect of excess cultivation shall not exceed 5% of the licensed area.
6. FOREWARIIING
(i) A Minimum Qualifying Yield (MQY) of 58 ky'hectare in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and 49 kglhectare in Uttar Pradesh must be tendered dunng the crop year 2004-05to become eligible for opium licence in the next crop year 2005-2006
(ii) Cultivators, who had fully ploughed back their entire poppy crop during the crop year 2003-04, would not be entitled for licence for the crop year 2005-06 if they also uproot their crop fully in the crop year 2004-05'
(iii) Cultivators, whose opium for the crop year 2004-05 is fbund to be 'water mlxed' and of consistency lowerthan 55 degree, will not be eligible for licence in the next crop year 2005-06.
(iv) cultivators, whose opium for the crop year 2004-05 is found to be 'adulterated' and classified as 'inferior' by the Govt. Opium & Alkaloid Works' Neemuch and Ghazipur, will not be eligible for licence in the next crop year 2005-06
7. MISCELLANEOUS
(i) These instructions are without prejudice to the rights of the Narcotics Commissioner / Deputy Narcotics Commissioners to issue i withhold a l icence i r{rT il-€-os3(i)l ql-(d 6I {lEItl-:T : 3RTIIIKUI whenever it is deemed proper so to do in accordance with the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and the Rules made thereunder
(ii) T'he licence will be subject to the condition that any field may be taken over fbr Joint Licit Opium Poppy Survey (JLOPS) that may be conducted by the Government or by the Government in collabcration with any specialized institution or agency. I'he cultivator whose field is selected for Joint Licit Opium Poppy Survey shall be considered for granting licence for the next year provided he has tendered the stipulated MQY for the following year, if otherwise eligible. The area selected for JLOPS experiments will not be taken into account while calculating yield.
(iii) The licence shall be subject to the further condition that any field may be selected lor obtaining poppy straw without extraction of opium. The cultivators whose fields are seiected for such use shall be eligible for licence for the next crop year, if otherw'ise eligible
(iv) The quantity of opium mentioned above will be calculated at 70 degree consistency, on the basis of analysis at Government opiurr and Alkaloid works' Neemuch and GhaziPur.
(v) Notwithstanding anything stated above, opium cultivation will not be allowed in all such villages where the number of eligible cultivators are 5 or less However' in respect of suchvillages, whereverpossible, the affected cultivators will be given option to shift tosuchneighbouringvil lagewhereopiumcult ivationispermitted.
[No. 1/2004/F.No. 6 I 6/ I /20O4-NARCOTICS CONTROL- I I S. K. SINGH, Under SecY' Printed by the Manager, Cott of Indiu Press' Ring Road' N{a-vapuri' New Delhi-i10064 and Publ ished by i i " Controt ter ef Publ icat ions' Delhi - l 10054'