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Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The government is planning to replace the existing Explosives Act of 1884 with a new law to further promote ease of doing business in the sector. India News | Govt Proposes New Explosives Law, to Repeal Old Act.
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In a note for public consultation, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has sought to increase fines for violation of provisions and further streamline the process of grant of licences. Explosives include gunpowder, nitoglycerine, nitroglycol, di-nitro-toluene, and picricacid. As per the proposed Explosive Bill 2024 bill, the Central Government shall prescribe the authority competent to grant, suspend or revoke a licence and to perform certain other functions under the new Act.
Parliament has passed the Explosives Bill, 2023 that will impose a fine of shs10 billion on any individual who possesses, deals in, uses or sells explosives without a license. The Bill will also subject such persons to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years. “The amendment will make the provision more deterrent since the