Government has prohibited over 17 pesticides in previous 5 years: Union Agriculture Minister

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: In response to a query, Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture and farmers’ Welfare, knowledgeable the Parliament that the Government of India has prohibited 17 pesticides for import, manufacture or sale within the nation within the final seven years.

The authorities has taken a prohibition resolution primarily based on the advice of an knowledgeable committee.

Surprisingly, all 17 pesticides have been prohibited in 2018. These 17 pesticides are Alachlor, Benomyl, Carbaryl, Diazinon, Dichlorovos, Fenarimol, Fenthion, Linuron, Methoxy Ethyl Mercury Chloride (MEMC), Methyl Parathion, Phorate, Phosphamidon, Sodium Cyanide, Thiometon, Triazophos, Tridemorph, and Trichlorfon.

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoAFW) has thus far banned or phased out 46 pesticides and 4 pesticide formulations for import, manufacture or use within the nation. In addition, eight pesticide registrations have been withdrawn and 9 pesticides have been positioned beneath restricted use.

The manufacture, import, storage, sale, distribution, use, and many others of pesticides are regulated by the Insecticides Act, 1968, and the Insecticides Rules, 1971 made there beneath.

The Government of India, every so often, retains reviewing the continued use or in any other case of these pesticides that are banned or severely restricted in different nations of the world as a consequence of their poisonous issues or have been reported to pose hurt to human well being or the setting in our nation or different nations of the world. These critiques are undertaken by constituting particular committees or by the Registration Committee (RC).

In order to mitigate its toxicity, MoFAW is propagating the Integrated Pest Management method by its 36 Central Integrated Pest Management Centers situated in 28 States and a pair of UTs by imparting coaching to farmers by Farmer Field Schools and HRD packages to encourage farmers for even handed use of pesticides.

Promotion of soil test-based Integrated Nutrient Management is predicted to cut back the consumption of chemical fertilizers and improve using natural sources of plant vitamins, which in flip enhance soil fertility in addition to nutrient use effectivity.

NEW DELHI: In response to a query, Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture and farmers’ Welfare, knowledgeable the Parliament that the Government of India has prohibited 17 pesticides for import, manufacture or sale within the nation within the final seven years.

The authorities has taken a prohibition resolution primarily based on the advice of an knowledgeable committee.

Surprisingly, all 17 pesticides have been prohibited in 2018. These 17 pesticides are Alachlor, Benomyl, Carbaryl, Diazinon, Dichlorovos, Fenarimol, Fenthion, Linuron, Methoxy Ethyl Mercury Chloride (MEMC), Methyl Parathion, Phorate, Phosphamidon, Sodium Cyanide, Thiometon, Triazophos, Tridemorph, and Trichlorfon.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoAFW) has thus far banned or phased out 46 pesticides and 4 pesticide formulations for import, manufacture or use within the nation. In addition, eight pesticide registrations have been withdrawn and 9 pesticides have been positioned beneath restricted use.

The manufacture, import, storage, sale, distribution, use, and many others of pesticides are regulated by the Insecticides Act, 1968, and the Insecticides Rules, 1971 made there beneath.

The Government of India, every so often, retains reviewing the continued use or in any other case of these pesticides that are banned or severely restricted in different nations of the world as a consequence of their poisonous issues or have been reported to pose hurt to human well being or the setting in our nation or different nations of the world. These critiques are undertaken by constituting particular committees or by the Registration Committee (RC).

In order to mitigate its toxicity, MoFAW is propagating the Integrated Pest Management method by its 36 Central Integrated Pest Management Centers situated in 28 States and a pair of UTs by imparting coaching to farmers by Farmer Field Schools and HRD packages to encourage farmers for even handed use of pesticides.

Promotion of soil test-based Integrated Nutrient Management is predicted to cut back the consumption of chemical fertilizers and improve using natural sources of plant vitamins, which in flip enhance soil fertility in addition to nutrient use effectivity.