Consider the following statements:

Essential commodities are regulated under the Essential Commodities Act, of 1955.

The Department of Consumer affairs is collecting prices of 25 essential food commodities in the country.

Essential commodities can be added or removed only by the state government.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Essential commodities are the products, the supply of which, if obstructed due to hoarding or black marketing, would affect the normal life of the people.
The Department of Consumer Affairs (under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public distribution) has a system of collecting prices of 22 essential food commodities in the country.
Essential commodities are regulated under the Essential Commodities Act, of 1955
It aims to regulate the production, supply and distribution of, and trade and commerce in, certain commodities, in the interest of the general public.
The central government may add or remove an essential commodity from the list through a notification.

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Essential commodities are the products, the supply of which, if obstructed due to hoarding or black marketing, would affect the normal life of the people.
The Department of Consumer Affairs (under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public distribution) has a system of collecting prices of 22 essential food commodities in the country.
Essential commodities are regulated under the Essential Commodities Act, of 1955
It aims to regulate the production, supply and distribution of, and trade and commerce in, certain commodities, in the interest of the general public.
The central government may add or remove an essential commodity from the list through a notification.

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