Anupam Verma Committee

The committee headed by Dr. Anupam Verma, Former Professor, Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI), was constituted to carry out technical review of 66 pesticides that are banned, restricted, withdrawn in one or more countries but continued to be registered in India.

Supreme Court Banned Endosulfan (2015)

SC on hearing a public interest litigation filed by the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI- Kerala wing) seeking a ban on the toxic pesticide, had banned the manufacture, sale, use and export of Endosulfan citing its harmful effects on humans.

  • The Expert Committee recommended 13 pesticides to be banned, 27 pesticides to be reviewed in 2018 after completion of certain technical studies and 6 pesticides to be phased out by 2020.
  • It further recommended continuation of ban on 1 pesticide and did not offer any assessment of a pesticide which is currently sub judice. The Committee also recommended continued use of 18 pesticides.

S.No.

Category

No. of Pesticides

Name of the Pesticides (As per Anupam Verma Committee)

1.

I- to be continued

18

Aluminium phosphide, Bifenthrin, Carbosulfan, Chlorfenapyr, Chlorothalonil, Dazomet, Diflubenzuron, Ethofenprox, Fenpropathrin, Iprodione, Kasugamycin, Mepiquat chloride, Metaldehyde, Paraquat dichloride, Pretilachlor, Propargite, Propineb and Zinc phosphide

2.

II- to be reviewed again in 2018, after completion of the recommended studies

27

Acephate, Atrazine, Benfuracarb, Butachlor, Captan, Carbendazim, Carbofuran, Chlorpyriphos, Deltamethrin, Dicofol, Dimethoate, Dinocap, Diuron, 2,4-D, Malathion, Mancozeb, Methomyl, Monocrotophos, Oxyfluorfen, Pendimethalin, Quinalphos, Sulfosulfuron, Thiodicarb, Thiophanate methyl, Thiram, Zineb, Ziram

3.

III- to be phased out by 2020

6

Alachlor, Dichlorvos, Phorate, Phosphamidon, Triazophos, Trichlorfon

4.

IV- ban to be continued

1

Fenitrothion

5.

V- to be banned

13

Benomyl, Carbaryl, DDT, Diazinon, Fenarimol, Fenthion, Linuron, MEMC, Methyl Parathion, Sodium Cyanide, Thiometon, Tridemorph, Trifluralin

6.

VI- not reviewed as it is sub-judice

1

Endosulfan

The government is yet to act on the recommendations of the committee and has been reviewing/studying these recommendations.


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