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TMI BlogCentral Government notifies the general conditions for grant of license cultivation of opium poppy on account of the Central Government during the Opium Crop Year Commencing on the 1st day of October, 2015 and ending with the 30th day of September, 2016.X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ing the Opium Crop Year Commencing on the 1st day of October,2015 and ending with the 30th day of September, 2016. 1. Place of Cultivation Opium poppy cultivation may be licensed in any tract as may be notified in this behalf by the Central Government. 2. Eligibility for Cultivation Subject to clauses 3 and 7 of this notification, the following shall be eligible for a licence to cultivate opium poppy : (i) Cultivators who had cultivated opium poppy during the crop year 2014-15 and tendered an average yield of opium of not less than 56 kg/hectare in the States of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and an average yield of opium of not less than 52 kg/hectare in the State of Uttar Pradesh. (ii) Cultivators who ploughed back their entire po ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d not during the crop year 2014-15 violate any departmental instructions issued by the Central Bureau of Narcotics/ Narcotics Commissioner to the cultivators. (iv) He/she did not tender during 2014-15 adulterated opium or opium classified as 'inferior opium' by the Government Opium and Alkaloid Works, Neemuch/Ghazipur, i.e. opium with- a. morphine strength of less than 9% on dry basis, b. ash content of over 4.5%, c. any amount of starch, sugar, gum, tannin, milk powder, etc. 4. Maximum Area (i) All eligible cultivators under clause 2(i) to (v) will be issued license for 10 Ares. However, cultivators who tendered average yield of 58 kg/hectare and above under clause 2(i) category will be issued licenses for 15 Ares, cultivators w ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... o be adulterated or classified as 'inferior' by the Government Opium & Alkaloid Works, Neemuch or Ghazipur will not be eligible for license in the next crop year 2016-17. The Government Opium & Alkaloid Works, Neemuch or Ghazipur will declare the opium to be 'inferior' on any of the following three grounds:- a. If the morphine strength of opium is less than 9% on dry basis, b. If the opium has ash content of over 4.5%, c. If there is any amount of starch, sugar, gum, tannin, milk powder, etc. present in the opium." 6. Condonable Limit: If the area actually cultivated is up to 5% in excess of the licensed area, such excess cultivation may be condoned. 7. Miscellaneous (i) Any cultivator who cultivates opium poppy during 2015-16 i ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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