Nepal govt restricts imports of mangoes from IndiaNepal has banned Indian mango imports citing pesticide levels and inadequate border quarantine. This move boosts local farmers who now face...
09 Jun, 2026, 05.53 PM IST
Root cause: India’s spice crown under threat as quality concerns trace back to farmsFarm-level traceability, quality, value addition, and branding are key to converting export scale into global trust, according to experts.
08 Jun, 2026, 12.01 PM IST
Top cases on the United States Supreme Court's docketThe U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing significant cases. These cases cover voting rights, presidential authority, immigration policies, and g...
20 May, 2026, 05.09 PM IST
SC asks Centre why three pesticides banned in India, seeks placing of two reports"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...
27 Mar, 2023, 09.27 PM IST
For a rational pesticide policyPesticide efficacy and harm depend on use that factors in the pesticides' modes of action and their deployment in the right sequence, durat...
03 Dec, 2021, 11.16 PM IST
Expert committee to review proposal to ban 27 pesticidesThese are part of the 66 contentious pesticides which are being reviewed for their toxicity. In 2018, the government had already banned 18 ...
27 Jan, 2021, 07.12 AM IST
Government plans to ban 27 pesticides“We have released the draft gazette notification for banning these pesticides. Companies may give their objections and representations with...
20 May, 2020, 10.18 AM IST
Rice exporters seek ban on pesticides unregistered in the US, EUIndia’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...
20 Dec, 2019, 06.31 PM IST
Government bans 12 pesticides with immediate effect, activists say not enoughActing on advice of an expert committee, the Centre has banned use of 12 pesticides with immediate effect and issued orders for banning six...
15 Aug, 2018, 12.12 PM IST
7 deadly pesticides world has banned used in India7 hazardous pesticides are on the list of 18 Class-I (classified as extremely/highly hazardous), which accounted for nearly 30% of the tota...
19 Oct, 2017, 10.43 AM IST
Manufacturers call proposed ban on pesticides unfairIndia is one of the largest generic manufacturers of pesticides in the world after China and the fourth-largest global producer of agrochem...
12 Jan, 2017, 12.05 PM IST
Centre to ban use of 18 pesticides harmful to humans and animalsThe Union Agriculture Ministry has issued a draft order, asking manufacturers, importers and state authorities to completely ban 12 of the ...
08 Jan, 2017, 10.02 AM IST
Centre to continue use of 51 pesticides, banned world over: High Court toldThe Ministry of Agriculture submitted before a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal that the decision to cont...
07 Dec, 2016, 04.43 PM IST
Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao asks Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar to ban use of pesticides in the countryC Vidyasagar Rao on Sunday asked Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar to ban the use of pesticides in the country.
22 May, 2016, 10.33 PM IST
Pesticide control in India: Three government agencies present but no actionWhile there is no dearth of government agencies to regulate use of pesticides in the country , what is absent is action on the ground.
15 Jun, 2015, 10.53 AM IST
- Pesticide level in veggies, fruits rises
The presence of pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables is getting higher than the maximum permissible levels (MPL), revealed a recent ...
10 Jun, 2009, 12.27 AM IST
- Govt allows use of 66 pesticides banned outside India
The government today said that there are 66 pesticides such as DDT and Endosulfan, which are either banned or severely restricted in other ...
14 Mar, 2008, 02.59 PM IST