Pesticides

Articles or news on different pesticides

• Biggest Pesticide Raid in Delhi: Police Seizes Spurious Branded Products

  A special Delhi Police team raided the premises of a spurious pesticide manufacturer located in the village of Hirankudna in Najafgrah, New Delhi on July 30…

• Standing Committee on Agriculture Invites Public Opinion on Pesticide Management Bill

  The Parliament Standing Committee on Agriculture has invited public opinion on Pesticide Management Bill 2020-21.…

• Insecticides (India) Ltd. Launches Herbicide Hachiman for Soybean & Other Pulses Crops

  Insecticides (India) Ltd., a leading agrochemical company has launched ‘Hachiman’, a newpost emergence herbicide that will stamp out both broad-leaf and narrow leaf weeds.…

• APVMA Issues Trade Advice Notice on Flupyradifurone

  The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) invites comment on the proposed use of flupyradifurone in the product Sivanto Prime 200 SL Insecticide for use in animal feeds (bean forage and fodder) and rotational cropping situations.…

• How to Check India Pesticides Limited IPO Allotment Status & Other Details

  India Pesticides Ltd., an agro-chemical manufacturing company is likely to declare the allotment of its Initial Public Offering (IPO) today, 1stJuly 2021. The issue had opened on 23 June and ended on 25 June 2021 with the price band for the offering fixed at Rs.…

• Centre Ready with Action Plan to Make India Aatmanirbhar in Rock Phosphate, Main Raw Material of DAP & NPK Fertlisers: Mansukh Mandaviya

  With the aim to improve the availability of phosphatic fertilisers (DAP & NPK) and to cut down dependence on imports by making India Aatmnirbhar in fertilisers, Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilisers, Mansukh Mandaviya held a meeting with officials of Department of Fertilizers &…

• Top Pesticides Companies in India

  India is the largest producer of pesticides in Asia and twelfth in the world. There are about 150 industrial units manufacturing pesticides and about 500 industrial units engaged in formulations in the country. In this article, you can find India’s top Pesticide companies……

• Decision on Bromadiolone Emergency Use Permit

  On 23 June 2021, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) issued the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) with a notice of intention to refuse its emergency permit application for the use of bromadiolone.…

• Switzerland May Soon Become First European Country to Ban Artificial Pesticides, Referendum on 13 June

  Switzerland may become the first European nation to ban use of artificial pesticides in a June 13 referendum.…

• Poll finds majorities for climate strategy and pesticide bans

  Parliament’s climate strategy appears to enjoy solid support among Swiss citizens ahead of a nationwide vote on the CO2 law.…

• Switzerland and Pesticides: Toxic relationship or necessary evil?

  Swiss voters will soon decide if they want an outright ban on synthetic pesticides. Are the claims made by supporters and detractors of the ban true? And how do pesticides truly impact the population? A look at the facts.…

• Swiss campaign heats up ahead of an emotional vote on Pesticides

  Death threats, insults, posters vandalised or set on fire: the campaign for two initiatives against pesticides to be put to the vote on June 13 is extremely tense. This toxic climate highlights a deep malaise in the Swiss agricultural world.…

• Aspirin -an Insecticide or Pesticide?

  Aspirin, that old fashioned, common cure-all you probably have in your medicine cabinet, is also helpful to plants. Aspirin, which is acetyl salicylic acid, is quite similar to salicylic acid which occurs naturally in plants. Plants release salicylic acid when under attack by pathogens --…

• EPA Penalizes Univar Solutions $165,000 for Violations of Federal Pesticide Laws

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Univar Solutions USA, Inc. of Portland, Oregon will pay a $165,000 penalty for violating federal pesticide laws when it failed to properly label its “Woodlife 111” pesticide which is used as a wood preservative.…

• Kashmir Farmers Join Campaign by Hindustan Insecticide Limited (HIL) and CNRI against Excessive Pesticide Use

  HIL and CNRI come together to create a campaign for Kashmir farmers against excessive use of pesticides.…

• Kashmir Farmers Join Campaign against Excessive Use of Pesticides by Hindustan Insecticide Limited (HIL) and CNRI

  HIL and CNRI come together to create a campaign for Kashmir farmers against excessive use of pesticides.…

• Snippets of the 427th Registration Committee

  Review of objections/suggestions received in response to draft order S.O. 2268 (E) dated 6th/7th July, 2020 proposing restriction on use of Glyphosate through pest control operators.…

• Centre planning to administer the unorganized Biostimulant sector

  According to a senior agriculture ministry official who did not want to be named, “Currently, before biostimulants can be marketed, they must first be licensed with the government and their effectiveness must be demonstrated. Careful labeling would be required, which will include the name of…

• How to Make Insecticide Using Orange Peel

  Lemon peel is a great fertilizer that can be made at low cost in a short period of time to give better results to any non-flowering plants to flower. We usually buy an ordinary lemon and throw it away. But this lemon peel alone is…

• Farmers at Risk of Genotoxic Damage in Punjab

  Farm workers in Punjab are at a higher risk of genotoxic damage due to the heavy use of pesticides, which relates to the properties of chemical agents that damage the genetic material within a cell, inducing mutations and contributing to severe disorders such as cancer.…

• Public Notice Issued Regarding One Applicant- One Account on CROP portal

  The Secretariat of CIBB&RC had noticed over sometime now that there have been several applicants applying for pesticide registration using multiple accounts for submitting their applications.…

• What are Highly Hazardous Pesticides or HHPs?

  “Highly Hazardous Pesticides or HHPs means pesticides that are recognized to present mainly high levels of acute or chronic hazards to health and environment according to the internationally accepted classification systems like WHO or Global Harmonized System (GHS) or their listing in relevant binding international…

• Pesticide Suicides: What More Evidence is needed to Ban Highly Hazardous Pesticides?

  Globally, but particularly in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), pesticide ingestion is used as a means of self-harm and poisoning. Epidemiological research during the past 20 years has presented much evidence of the concerns, problems, and solutions, as well as how agricultural pesticide suicides contribute…

• Regulatory Approval Updates - “Imported Pesticides”

  M/s ArystaLifesceince India Ltd., has been granted registration for formulation import of Triflumizole 42.14% w/w SC for use on ornamental rose against powdery mildew. It comes with a cautionary statement that the treated roses with this product be not used for any medicinal and edible…

• Regulatory Approval Updates “Make in India”

  Under the GOI initiative for promoting ‘Make in India’, the pesticide sector is on its move yet again. Recently the regulatory authority for registering pesticides, the Registration Committee granted approvals for much needed pesticides for crop protection in the country. The very aim to manufacture…

• Latest News: Group of Experts to Review Proposal to Ban 27 Pesticides

  An advisory panel has been named by the government to study the reactions of the industry to the controversial ban on 27 commonly used pesticides that authorities believe are toxic to animals and humans.…

• Committee to Suggest Suitable Legislative Framework for Development of Chemicals & Petrochemicals

  A meeting under the Chairmanship of the Joint Secretary (Petrochemicals) is scheduled to meet today to draft a framework for the development of chemicals & Petrochemicals.…

• Trade Advice Notice on Fluopyram and Tebuconazole (Extended product Use of Luna Experience Fungicide for use on grapes)

  The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has invited comments on the proposed use of fluopyram and tebuconazole in the product Luna Experience Fungicide for use on grapes.…

• Agrochemical Policy Gamble can Cost Soil Health for Good: Pradip Dave, President, PMFAI

  Agrochemicals are an important and effective agriculture input, which though comes at a later stage of the crop cycle but has a significant impact on agronomic yield and profit margins.…

• Banning of Insecticides Order, 2020

  The erstwhile Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation constituted an Expert Committee on 8th July, 2013 to examine the continued use of or otherwise of neo-nicotinoid insecticides registered in India.…