Food Grains Production, Storage, Transfer, Transportation, Supply, Distribution and Marketing (Prevention of Harmful Activities) Rules, no. 113 of 2024.

These Rules, made under section 18 of the Food Grains Production, Storage, Transfer, Transportation, Supply, Distribution and Marketing (Prevention of Harmful Activities) Act, 2023 (Act No. 21 of 2023), provide restrictions relating to production and marketing of food grain or crop variety approved by the National Seed Board: misbranding of food grains; alteration of natural characteristics of food grains; adulteration of food grains with harmful, artificial, chemical, or foreign materials; illegal hoarding of government food grains, except in case of natural disasters, and unavoidable emergencies. The Rules also improve traceability of products in grain markets, and enhance procedures for handling seized food grains.