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Friday, August 30, 2013
Use Of Bio Products To Control Pests
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 2205
ANSWERED ON 30.08.2013
SHRI Y.S. CHOWDARY Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE be pleased to satate :- (a) whether it is a fact that some bio-product manufacturers are selling several products in the name of Amino Acids, Sea Weed Extract, herbal extracts, plant extracts and enzymes etc. to control pests and promote plant growth;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the use of bio-products, apart from causing risk to human beings, results in financial loss in certain cases due to increased cost of cultivation and sometimes crop loss to the farmers; and
(d) if so, the action taken/being taken by Government in this regard?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
(SHRI TARIQ ANWAR)
(a): Yes, Sir.
(b): The Insecticides Act, 1968 is applicable to all the insecticides, pesticides and fungicides which are defined under Section 3(e) of the Act and are listed in the schedule of the Act. Registration Committee constituted U/s 5 of the Insecticide Act 1968 registers pesticide including biopesticides, botanical pesticides & Plant Growth Regulator (PGR) for use in the country. So far three botanical pesticides viz. Azadirachtin (Neem Based) Pyrethrum & Cymbopogan have been registered in different formulation.
As seaweeds/seaweed extract, Amino Acids and the like are not included in the said schedule, these products are not covered under the Insecticides Act 1968.
(c) & (d): If bio-products registered under the Insecticides Act, 1968 are used as per the approved label claims, then no risk to human beings or financial loss is likely to accrue. Government of Haryana has prohibited sale of bioproducts, and the decision has been challenged in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The High Court has directed laboratory evaluation of bio-products. Further, it is mentioned that the registration of botanical pesticides such as neem based pesticides is done after evaluation of efficacy and safety data, generated on all important parameters as laid down in the guidelines of the Registration Committee, constituted under Section 5 of the Insecticides Act, 1968. The functionaries of the Central and State Governments impart training to the farmers on judicious use of insecticides including that of botanical pesticides.
Annexure-I
BOTANICAL PESTICIDES REGISTERED UNDER THE INSECTICIDES ACT, 1968
SHRI Y.S. CHOWDARY Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE be pleased to satate :- (a) whether it is a fact that some bio-product manufacturers are selling several products in the name of Amino Acids, Sea Weed Extract, herbal extracts, plant extracts and enzymes etc. to control pests and promote plant growth;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the use of bio-products, apart from causing risk to human beings, results in financial loss in certain cases due to increased cost of cultivation and sometimes crop loss to the farmers; and
(d) if so, the action taken/being taken by Government in this regard?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
(SHRI TARIQ ANWAR)
(a): Yes, Sir.
(b): The Insecticides Act, 1968 is applicable to all the insecticides, pesticides and fungicides which are defined under Section 3(e) of the Act and are listed in the schedule of the Act. Registration Committee constituted U/s 5 of the Insecticide Act 1968 registers pesticide including biopesticides, botanical pesticides & Plant Growth Regulator (PGR) for use in the country. So far three botanical pesticides viz. Azadirachtin (Neem Based) Pyrethrum & Cymbopogan have been registered in different formulation.
As seaweeds/seaweed extract, Amino Acids and the like are not included in the said schedule, these products are not covered under the Insecticides Act 1968.
(c) & (d): If bio-products registered under the Insecticides Act, 1968 are used as per the approved label claims, then no risk to human beings or financial loss is likely to accrue. Government of Haryana has prohibited sale of bioproducts, and the decision has been challenged in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The High Court has directed laboratory evaluation of bio-products. Further, it is mentioned that the registration of botanical pesticides such as neem based pesticides is done after evaluation of efficacy and safety data, generated on all important parameters as laid down in the guidelines of the Registration Committee, constituted under Section 5 of the Insecticides Act, 1968. The functionaries of the Central and State Governments impart training to the farmers on judicious use of insecticides including that of botanical pesticides.
Annexure-I
BOTANICAL PESTICIDES REGISTERED UNDER THE INSECTICIDES ACT, 1968
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