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The cabinet gave the final approval to the draft of "Production, Storage, Transfer, Transportation, Supply, Distribution and Marketing of Food Products (prevention of prejudicial activity) Act-2023", keeping a provision for a maximum punishment of life imprisonment for illegal hoarding of food.
The Cabinet today cleared the draft of "Production, Storage, Transfer, Transportation, Supply, Distribution and Marketing of Food Products (Prevention of Prejudicial Activity) Act, 2023" keeping the provision of maximum lifetime imprisonment in the proposed law