 bui no 124 )' 1982 ,' the sugar cess (amendment) bill,1982 abill "  to amend the sugar cess act, 1982 bii! it enacted by parliament in the thirty-third year of the republic of india as follows:-, 1  (1) this act may be called the s'uga'r cess (amendment) act, 1982 short title (2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government and :; may, by notitlcation in the official gazette, appoint commence ment 3 of 1982 2 in section 3 of the sugar cess act, 1982, in sub-section (1),---: amendmentof sectiob 3 (a) for the werth "ted rupees", the words "fifteen rupees" shall lie "stitated; -' f ~ ,  (0) in the proviso, for the words "flve rupees'-, the words ~"  ",pees",~ be substituted to  ! : ',,1  statement of objects and reasonsit has been decided by the government to build and maintain buft'et" stocks of sugar with a view to stabilizing sugar price and the ups anal downs in the sugar industry the salient features of the scheme are as follows: (a) initially the size of the buffer ~tocks would be five lakh tonnes to be built out of the non-levy sugar (b) the buffer stocks quantity would be' kept as sequestered stocks with the sugar mills and the share of each mnt pl'~rated to its production (c) for the quantity of buffer stocks, hundred per' ~~' b~n]( credit w'buld be provided in addition, the mills would be ~mpen­sated for holding the buffer stocks by providing to them some &o1&~ costs and interest charges (d) funds would be raised to pay the compensation to the sugar mills by providing for the levy of additional cess on sugar instead of having separate legislation and machinery for the levy of such additional cess and the administration of the funds raised thereby, it is p~oposed to avail of the provisions of the sugar cess act w82 and the'sugk development fund act, 1982 for the purpose by making - • suitable amendmen~ therein 2 under the sugar cess act, 1982" cess may be levied on sugar 0)' noupcation at a rate not exceeding ten rupees per quintal and pending; the issue of such a notification, such cess is leviable at the ra~ of flvtr rupees per quintal for the purpose of securing the additional funds: needed in connection with the maintenance of the buffer stocks of sugar, it is proposed to increase the maximum rate at' which cess maybe if!vied under that act by notification from rupees ten per quintal 'td rwp:ees fifteen per quintal it is also pr~posed to increase the rate at which cess may be levied petii:lfng the issuebf a notification'in that behalf from rupees five per quintal to ~pees fourt~n,per quintal the a94itional cess which will be leviod p~' a ifesult of these arn~dment~ will have a marginal effect on the consumer who will be more tlian compensated bv the protection he will get as a result of the maintenance of buffer !\tclc:ka of rugal", from-repeated price" fluctuations a the bill seeks to ,achieve, the, apove ,0bjecl 'k 'provision ,·,lread:y" exists in the sugar development fund act, 1982 for creditinct ,ptjhe-moceeds of the ('ess as reduced bv the cost of collectidti to the suj{8l" development fund' '!'hat fund wni be aplied,' fri a~ditfon 'tb, the' exirtinll pnrnoses of rehabilitation i'inrt mod~;satfon dr su~ar' ta~; etc, for defravinct some holdinq costs and interest chap~es to the sunr mills in connection with the building up and maintenance of buffer stock!' of su~r nr::w delhi; rao btrendr~ amolf 7'he 2nd october 1982 new delhi: october1l 1982 asviria-19, 19d4{saka) (to be/as introduced in lok sabh~) the sugar cess (amendment) bill, 1982 [co~y o'l letter no 14:5/82$:1 (a), dated the 2nd octbber, 1ml! from nao bfrendra stngtl, minister of' agriculture- and- rtrraf development t(~ the secretary; loksabha] , ti\@/ president, ha~nl' beft informed: of' the subjec!t  matter of- the· sugar cess (a:meadmtnt) bill; 1912, recommtmds the' introduedojf( ardt· consideration of' the bill: irf· lok sawa uiidw' article; 117 (l)·an~ (&)\';01· the consrttutfon the bill seeks to amend the sugar cess act, 1982 to increase the maximum rate at which cess may be levied on sugar by notification under the act from rupees ten per quintal to rupees fifteen per quintal and also to increase the rate at which cess may, pending the issue of such notification, be levied from rupees five per quintal to rupees fourteen per quintal it is estimated that the additional cess which may be collected at the said rate of rupees fourteen per quintal is likely to be of the order of about 51 crore rupees as the cost of collection is being calculated as a percentage of the cess collected, and as this percentage is not likely to exceed one per cent the additional expenditure by way of cost of collection may be of the order of rupees 51 lakhs per year 2 the bill does not involve any other expenditure, whether of a recurring or non-recurring nature  annexure ex'l"ract from the sugar cess a~, 1982- (3 of 1982) - - - - imposj, tim of cha 3 (1) there shall be levied and collected as a cess, for the purposes of the sugar development fund act, 1982, a duty of excise on all sugar produced by any sugar factory in india, at such rate not exceeding ten :rupees per quintal of sugar, as the central government may, by notific(ltion in the official gazette, specify from time tq time: provided that until such rate is specified by the central gover lment, the duty of excise shall be levied and collected at the rate of five rupees per quintal of sugar - - -  - ) a bill to amend the sugar cels act, 1982 (roo bfrmdra singh, minuter at agriculture cmd rum development) 