Necessary products being carried on a horse-cart throughout the complete lockdown enforced in the wake of coronavirus pandemic in Patna, Bihar.|Image Credit: Ranjeet Kumar
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Offenses under the Act are criminal offenses and might lead to jail time of seven years or great or both.
Union House Secretary Ajay Bhalla wrote to all State Chief Secretaries on Wednesday to guarantee the accessibility of essential products by invoking the arrangements of the Essential Products (EC) Act1955 The State and Union Territory federal governments may likewise think about detention of transgressors under the Avoidance of Black-marketing and Upkeep of Products of Important Products Act, 1980, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said.
