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Bill to regulate pesticide business gets green light
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- Union Cabinet recently approved Pesticides Management Bill, 2020, which, it claims will regulate the business of pesticides & compensate farmers in case of losses from the use of spurious agro chemicals.
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- Current Regulations: pesticide business is regulated by Insecticide Act 1968 which would be replaced by the new bill.
- Provisions under the new Bill:
(1) Farmers would be empowered to get all information as the data would be in open source and in all languages.
(2) ‘Central fund likely’: “If there is any loss because of the spurious or low quality of pesticides then there is a provision for compensation.
(3) If required, the government will form a central fund which will take care of compensation
(4) All the information regarding the available pesticides would be available in the public domain, in all languages in digital format, so that farmers can make the right decision on their use.
(5) The bill also plans to regulate pesticides-related advertisements to check misleading claims by industries and manufacturers
- India is among the leading producers of pesticides in Asia. In the domestic market, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Haryana are among the states with the highest recorded consumption.
Sources
The Hindu