 bill no 77 of 1976 w tile dhoties (additional excise duty) repeal bill, 1976 a billto repeal the dhoties (additional excise duty) act, 1953 be it enacted by parliament in the twenty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the dhoties (additional excise duty) short repeal act, 1976 title s 2 the dhoties (additional excise duty) act, 1953, is hereby repealed repeal of act 39 of 1953  statement of objects and reasonsthe dhoties (additional excise duty) act, 1953, was enacted for protecting the interests of the handloom industry by providing for the levy of an additional duty of excise on dhoties issued out of any mill or any group of mills in excess of the permissible quota under the act the k k shah study team in its report to the government had recommended that the dhoti quota system was unsatisfactoory and had failed to confer any meaningful benefit to the handloom industry the production of dhoties by mills has by now fallen much below the permissible quota under the act besides, regulatory measures have been separately taken under clause 20 of the cotton textiles (control) order, 1948, to restrict the quantity of dhoti produced by factories using power on a consideoration of the various aspects, it is felt that the dhoties (additional excist' duty) act 1953, has outlived its utility and it is therefore proposed to repeal that act new delhi; d p chattopadhyaya the 6th august, 1976  president's recommendation under artlcle 117 of the constitution of india[extract from letter no 31j1j69-tex i, dated august 13, 1976 from prof d p chattopadhaya, minister of commerce to the secretary-general, lok sabha] - - - the president having been informed of the subject matter of the dhoties (additional excise duty) repeal bill, 1976, recommends under article 117 (1) of the constitution of india, the introduction of the bill in the current session of lok sabha a bill to repeal the dhoties (additional excise duty) act, 1953 (prof d p chattopadhyclya, miniater of commerce) 