Amendment to industrial schedule directs removal and substitution of product codes and descriptions, changing entry scope.
The amendment directs deletions of specified serial numbers and product codes from Schedule III and prescribes substitutions of product codes and more specific product descriptions for listed serial numbers, including process-based entries requiring "steam/hydro distillation process" for certain essential oils and turpentine and capacity/power limits for transformers, stabilizers and appliances. The notification takes effect on publication in the Official Gazette.

Newsprint supply control secures equitable distribution by empowering requisition and mandatory reporting obligations for dealers and consumers.
The order regulates newsprint supply by defining covered paper types and actors, empowering an authorised officer to requisition stocks or restrict sales to secure equitable distribution, and obliging dealers and consumers to maintain and submit stock and transaction accounts. The authorised officer can call for information and order production of records to ensure compliance. Limited exemptions apply for small transactions, reject newsprint, short-term loans between consumers (with intimation), and waste newsprint, and additional mills may be notified for inclusion in the Schedule.

Rescission of newsprint control order under essential commodities law removes prior regulatory controls with immediate effect.
The Central Government, exercising powers under the Essential Commodities Act, rescinds the Newsprint Control Order, 1962, with immediate effect, terminating its regulatory controls, subject to a savings clause preserving actions taken or omitted under that Order before rescission.