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Research Institute (IARI), was constituted to carry out technical review of 66 pesticides that are banned, restricted, withdrawn in one or more countries but continued to be registered in India.

  • The Expert Committee recommended 18 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.

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

(In Democratic Youth Federation of India case, the Supreme Court banned the manufacture, sale, use and export of Endosulfan in 2015)
  • On the recommendations of the committee Pesticides (Prohibition) Order, 2018, was issued by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare banning 18 pesticides. Of these 18, 12 pesticides were banned from immediate effect (from August 9, 2018) and ban on another six was to be implemented from December 31, 2020.

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