Notification, 2018

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EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

(Department of Agriculture, Co-operation and Farmers Welfare)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 5th December, 2018

G.S.R. 1204(E).—Whereas the draft rules further to amend the Insecticides Rules, 1971, was published as required by section 36 of the Insecticides Act, 1968 (46 of 1968) vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Co-operation and Farmers Welfare) number

G.S.R. 724 (E), dated the 31 st July, 2018, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section-3, Sub-section (i), inviting objections or suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby, before the expiry of a period of thirty days from the date on which the copies of the Gazette of India in which the said notification was published were made available to the public;

And whereas, copies of the said Gazette notification were made available to the public on 31 st July, 2018;

And whereas, the objection or suggestion received from the public in respect of the draft rules within the period specified in the said notification have been considered by the Central Government; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 36 of the Insecticides Act, 1968 (46 of 1968), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Insecticides Rules, 1971, namely :-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Insecticides (Second Amendment) Rules, 2018.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Insecticide Rules, 1971, for the “THE SECOND SCHEDULE’’, the following Schedule shall be substituted, namely:- “SECOND SCHEDULE” (See rules 25) “ FEES FOR TESTING OR ANALYSING THE SAMPLES OF INSECTICIDES OR BIOPESTICIDE

1. Testing fees by following analytical techniques for samples of Insecticides whose active ingredient is known. (I) Gas chromatograph -Rs. 6500/ sample

2. Testing fees for sample of bio-pesticide whose active ingredient is known-Rs. 4000/sample.

3. Testing fees to test presence of registered bio-pesticide of below mentioned Bio-origin from bio-product sample whose active ingredient is not known.

(I) Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus or Granulosis virus only -Rs. 2000/sample

4. Testing fees for analysis of samples of insecticide or bio-pesticides whose active ingredients is not known. (I) Liquid Chromatograph – Mass -Rs. 15,500 /sample Spectrometer Spectrometer

5. The fees for test or analysis in respect of insecticide or bio-pesticide or any formulation other than the ones specified in this Schedule shall be specified by the central Government or by any other officer authorized in this behalf from time to time’’.

Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) number

G.S.R. 1650 (E), dated the 19 th October, 1971 and subsequently amended vide:- th July, 1976, th December, 1977, th August, 1993, th May, 1999, th May, 1999, th September, 2006, th November, 2006, th February, 2009, th July, 2013, th November, 2014, th November, 2015, th August, 2016,

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G.S.R.79(E), dated 27 th January, 2017, st February, 2017 nd December, 2017; and th April, 2018.

and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

MANOJ KUMAR VERMA

Provisions this notification answers to

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Other instruments under the same Act

All of the The Insecticides Act, 1968