The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW) on November 08, 2023, issued the Insecticides (Sixth Amendment) Rules, 2023 to further amend the Insecticides Rules, 1971.
The following provision has been stated:
• In rule 10, which states “Licence for sale, etc., of insecticides” in sub-rule (3A), in clause (iii), -
(a) It is stated that the words “Indian Grain Storage Institute, Hapur and National Plant Protection Training Institute, Hyderabad” and the words “Indian Grain Storage Management and Research Institute, Hapur and National Institute of Plant Health Management, Hyderabad;” has been substituted.
(b) In sub-clause (iii), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:
“Provided that any person who applies for the grant of license for Pest Control Operations using only Glyphosate and its derivatives for such operations as prescribed shall undergo a training programme, meant exclusively for Glyphosate usage, from any one of the following Institutions, namely:
(i) Any State Agricultural University;
(ii) Krishi Vigyan Kendra’
(iii) National Institute of Plant Health Management, Hyderabad
(iv) State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute;
(v) Central or State Agricultural Research Institute;
(vi) Any other Government recognized University or Institute; or
(vii) Central or Regional Integrated Pest Management Center,
with National Institute of Plant Health Management as the implementing Nodal Agency for course curriculum and monitoring of the training programme.”
This notification will come into force from November 08, 2023.
[Notification No G.S.R. 827(E)]
