Nepal has banned Indian mango imports citing pesticide levels and inadequate border quarantine. This move boosts local farmers who now face...

Farm-level traceability, quality, value addition, and branding are key to converting export scale into global trust, according to experts.

The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing significant cases. These cases cover voting rights, presidential authority, immigration policies, and g...

India's basmati rice exports have received a major push with the Uttar Pradesh government enforcing a fresh ban on the use of eleven pestic...

"The Union government shall place on the record the final report of the Dr SK Khurana Sub-Committee (referred to in paragraph 10 of the sta...

These are part of the 66 contentious pesticides which are being reviewed for their toxicity. In 2018, the government had already banned 18 ...

Industry has strongly objected to the proposed ban of chemicals, which includes popular pesticides like monocrotophos, acephate, carbofuran...

The ban will be effective from the date of final notification. The ministry has sought suggestions from the various stakeholders within 45 ...

“We have released the draft gazette notification for banning these pesticides. Companies may give their objections and representations with...

India’s rice export to Europe has plunged by 40 per cent in 2018-19 over the issue of maximum residue level (MRL), and the market is likely...

Acting on advice of an expert committee, the Centre has banned use of 12 pesticides with immediate effect and issued orders for banning six...

Farm activist and chief of the Maharashtra government's task force, Kishor Tiwari, claimed that last year more than 60 farmers died in the ...

7 hazardous pesticides are on the list of 18 Class-I (classified as extremely/highly hazardous), which accounted for nearly 30% of the tota...

The Union Agriculture Ministry has issued a draft order, asking manufacturers, importers and state authorities to completely ban 12 of the ...

C Vidyasagar Rao on Sunday asked Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar to ban the use of pesticides in the country.

The presence of pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables is getting higher than the maximum permissible levels (MPL), revealed a recent ...

The government today said that there are 66 pesticides such as DDT and Endosulfan, which are either banned or severely restricted in other ...