Central Government notifies the general conditions for grant of license cultivation of opium poppy on account of the Central Government during the Opium Crop Year Commencing on the 1st day of October, 2015 and ending with the 30th day of September, 2016.

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....e Central Government during the Opium Crop Year Commencing on the 1st day of October,2015 and ending with the 30th day of September, 2016. 1.        Place of Cultivation Opium poppy cultivation may be licensed in any tract as may be notified in this behalf by the Central Government. 2.        Eligibility for Cultivation Subject to clauses 3 and 7 of this notification, the following shall be eligible for a licence to cultivate opium poppy : (i) Cultivators who had cultivated opium poppy during the crop year 2014-15 and tendered an average yield of opium of not less than 56 kg/hectare in the States of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and an average yield ....

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.... to illicit cultivation of opium poppy and was not charged in any competent court for any offence under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, and the Rules made there under. (iii) He/she did not during the crop year 2014-15 violate any departmental instructions issued by the Central Bureau of Narcotics/ Narcotics Commissioner to the cultivators. (iv) He/she did not tender during 2014-15 adulterated opium or opium classified as 'inferior opium' by the Government Opium and Alkaloid Works, Neemuch/Ghazipur, i.e. opium with- a. morphine strength of less than 9% on dry basis, b. ash content of over 4.5%, c. any amount of starch, sugar, gum, tannin, milk powder, etc. 4.  &nb....

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....year 2013-14 and 2014-15 would not be entitled for license in the crop year 2016-17, if they also plough back their crop fully in the crop year 2015-16. (iv) Cultivators, whose opium for the crop year 2015-16 is found to be 'water mixed' and of consistency lower than 55 degrees will not be eligible for a license in the next crop year 2016-17. (v) "Cultivators whose opium for the crop year 2015-16 is found to be adulterated or classified as 'inferior' by the Government Opium & Alkaloid Works, Neemuch or Ghazipur will not be eligible for license in the next crop year 2016-17. The Government Opium & Alkaloid Works, Neemuch or Ghazipur will declare the opium to be 'inferior' on any of the following three grounds:- a. ....