Notification, 2020

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1873 GI/20 (1)

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 205] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2020/VAISAKHA 5, 1942

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 24th April, 2020

G.S.R. 264(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 number

G.S.R. 10 (E), dated the 1 st January, 2019, 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 notification were made available to the public on 4 th January, 2019;

And whereas, objections or suggestions received from the public on the said draft rules have been considered by the Central Government and a final gazette Notification

G.S.R. 782 (E), dated the 11 th October, 2019 was published in the Gazette of India on 14 th October 2019. Thereafter, the matter was further examined in the department in the light of practical problems of the stakeholders in implementing the said rules and due to ongoing emergent COVID situation in the country.

Now, therefore, the following draft rules further to amend the Insecticides Rules, 1971, which the Central Government proposed to make in exercise of the powers conferred by section 36 of the Insecticides Act, 1968 (46 of 1968), is hereby published as required by the said section, for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of fifteen days from the date on which the copies of this notification as published in Gazette of India are made available to the public; The objection or suggestions which may be received from any person in respect of said draft rules before the expiry of the aforesaid period of fifteen days shall be considered by the Central Government; Objections and suggestions in respect to the said draft rules may be forwarded to the Joint Secretary (Plant Protection), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture, Co-operation and Farmers Welfare, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi 110001 or to the NIC mail jspp-dac@gov.in.

DRAFT RULES

1. (1) These rules may be called the Insecticides (Second Amendment) Rules, 2020.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette: Provided that all persons with valid certificates of registration granted before the date of coming into force of these rules shall, within a period of ninety days from this date, apply to the Secretariat, Central Insecticides Board and Registration Committee, for the approval of labels and leaflets that have been amended in accordance with these rules: Provided further no person shall use a label or leaflet that has not been amended in accordance with these rules after the expiry of nine months from the date of coming into force of these rules:

Provided also that no insecticide or its package bearing a label or leaflet that has not been amended in accordance with these rules shall be distributed, sold, exhibited for sale or stocked, after the expiry of one year nine months from the date of coming into force of these rules.

2. In the Insecticides Rules, 1971 (hereinafter referred as the said rules) in sub-rule (1) of rule 19,-

(a) in clause (i),-

(i) in sub-clause (d), after the words “to apply”, the brackets and words, “(Please refer leaflet for details)” shall be inserted;

(ii) in sub-clause (e), after the words and bracket “the area)”, the brackets and words “(Please refer leaflet for details)” shall be inserted;

(iii) in sub-clause (h), after the words “Registration Committee”, the brackets and words “(Please refer leaflet for details)” shall be inserted;

(iv) in sub-clause (j), after the words “first aid”, the brackets and words “(Please refer leaflet for details)” shall be inserted;

(b) for clause (ii), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- “(ii) The label shall be printed legibly with indelible ink in English and Hindi languages unless stated otherwise in the font sizes not less than the size prescribed as below: Sl. No. Package Size Primary Secondary English Hindi English Hindi

(1) Big 7 7 7 7

(2) Small 5 6 7 7

(3) Ultra small

(c) for clauses (iv) and (v), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:- “(iv) In case where the sachets, packets or containers are ultra-small and small (for sizes between 1 and 50 gm or ml and 51 and 250 gm or ml) the following details shall be printed with indelible ink on primary package, namely:-

1) common name;

2) brand name;

3) composition of the formulation or insecticides;

4) name and address of the manufacturer ;

5) imported and re-packed by (wherever applicable);

6) antidote;

7) registration number;

8) manufacturer’s license number;

9) batch number;

10) manufacturing date;

11) expiry date;

12) net content weight or volume (in metric system); and

13) maximum retail price (MRP inclusive of all taxes, in rupees);

14) Customer care details.

(v) The model labels (one panel, two panels and three panels) shall be as per the pictures II, III, IV, V, VI and VII given in the THIRD SCHEDULE.”.

3. In the said rules, in the “THIRD SCHEDULE” for PICTURES II, III, IV and V, the following PICTURES shall be substituted, namely:- “PICTURE II: MODEL LABEL FOR ONE PANEL (Applicable for 1 to 50 gm or ml and 51 to 250 gm or ml Primary package labels) Read leaflet before use (at least in English and Hindi) Common name:

Brand Name® Composition of the formulation or insecticides:

Antidote:

“Diamond shape square-symbol, signal word and warning statements and any other information as per sub- rule (3), (4), (5), and (6) of Rule19” Name and Address of manufacturer:

Imported and re-packed by (wherever applicable):

Registration No:

Mfg Lic. No:

Batch number:

Mfg. Date:

Expiry date:

Net content: weight or volume (in metric system)

M.R.P.

Customer care details Similar content as above in Hindi PICTURE III: MODEL LABEL FOR ONE PANEL (Applicable for 1 to 50 gm or ml and 51 to 250 gm or ml secondary package Label) Read Leaflet before Use (at least in English and Hindi):

Common name:

Brand Name® Composition of the formulation or insecticides:

Purpose:

Re-entry:

Crops and Pest Groups:

Antidote Statement:

Cautionary statements:

Dosage, Direction for use & Manner and time of application: Please refer leaflet for details Safety Precautions, Symptom of Poisoning, First Aid: Please refer leaflet for details “Diamond shape square-symbol, signal word and warning statements and any other information as per sub- rule (3), (4), (5), and (6) of Rule19” Name and Address of manufacturer:

Marketed by:

Imported and re-packed by (wherever applicable):

Registration No:

Mfg. Lic. No:

Batch Number:

Mfg. Date:

Expiry Date:

MRP incl. of all taxes. Rs.

Net Content: weight or volume (in metric system) Customer Care details:

PICTOGRAMS Similar content as above in Hindi PICTURE IV: MODEL LABEL FOR ONE PANEL (Applicable for >250 gm or ml primary and secondary package Label) Read Leaflet before Use (at least in English and Hindi):

Common name:

Brand Name® Composition of the formulation or insecticides:

Purpose:

Re-entry:

Crops and Pest Groups:

Dosage, Direction for use & Manner and time of application: Please refer leaflet for details Safety Precautions:

Symptom of Poisoning:

First Aid:

Antidote Statement:

Cautionary statements:

“Diamond shape square-symbol, signal word and warning statements and any other information as per sub- rule (3), (4), (5), and (6) of Rule19” Name and Address of manufacturer:

Marketed by:

Imported and re-packed by (wherever applicable):

Registration No:

Mfg. Lic. No:

Batch Number:

Mfg. Date:

Expiry Date:

MRP incl. of all taxes. Rs.

Net Content: weight or volume (in metric system) Customer Care details:

PICTOGRAMS Similar content as above in Hindi PICTURE V: MODEL LABEL FOR TWO PANELS (Applicable for 1 to 50 gm or ml and 51 to 250 gm or ml secondary package Label ) Common name:

Brand Name Composition of the formulation or insecticides:

Purpose:

Re-entry:

Crops and Pest Groups:

Dosage, Direction for use, & Manner and time of application: Please refer leaflet for details “Diamond shape square-symbol, signal word and warning statements and any other information as per sub- rule (3), (4), (5), and (6) of Rule19” Safety Precautions, Symptoms of Poisoning First Aid:

Antidote:

Cautionary statement:

Similar Content as above in Hindi Name and address of Manufacturer:

Marketed by:

Imported & re-packed by (wherever applicable):

Similar content as above in Hindi:

Read Leaflet before use Read Leaflet before use Read Leaflet before use Read Leaflet before use Read Leaflet before use Read Leaflet before use Customer Care details:

Registration No.

Mfg. Lic. No.

Batch No.

Mfg. Date Expiry Date:

MRP incl. of taxes. Rs.

Net content: weight or volume (in metric system)

PICTOGRAMS

PICTURE VI: MODEL LABEL FOR TWO PANELS (Applicable for >250 gm or ml primary and secondary package Label) Common name:

Brand Name® Composition of the formulation or insecticides:

Purpose:

Re-entry:

Crops and Pest Groups:

Dosage, Direction for use, & Manner and time of application: Please refer leaflet for details “Diamond shape square-symbol, signal word and warning statements and any other information as per sub- rule (3), (4), (5), and (6) of Rule19” Safety Precautions:

Symptoms of Poisoning:

First Aid:

Antidote:

Cautionary statement:

Similar Content as above in Hindi Name and address of Manufacturer:

Marketed by:

Imported & re-packed by (wherever applicable):

Similar content as above in Hindi:

Read Leaflet before use Read Leaflet before use Read Leaflet before use Read Leaflet before use Read Leaflet before use Read Leaflet before use Customer Care details:

Registration No.

Mfg. Lic. No.

Batch No.

Mfg. Date Expiry Date:

MRP incl. of taxes. Rs.

Net content: weight or volume (in metric system)

PICTOGRAMS

PICTURE VII: MODEL LABEL FOR THREE PANELS (Applicable for > 250 gm or ml labels primary and secondary package and monocartons)

(5) In the said rules, in rule 19, for sub-rule (7), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:- (Atish Chandra) Joint Secretary to the Government of India ATISH CHANDRA, Jt. Secy.

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

G.S.R. 1650(E), dated the 19th October, 1971 and subsequently amended vide:— Purpose:

Re-entry:

Crops and Pest Groups:

Dosage, Direction for use & Manner and time of application:

Please refer leaflet for details Safety Precautions:

Symptoms of Poisoning:

First Aid:

Antidote:

Cautionary statement:

Similar Content as above in Hindi”.

Common name:

Brand Name® Composition of the formulation or insecticides:

“Diamond shape square-symbol, signal word and warning statements and any other information as per sub- rule (3), (4), (5), and (6) of Rule19” Name and address of Manufacturer:

Marketed by:

Imported & re-packed by (wherever applicable):

Registration No.

Mfg. Lic. No.

Batch No.

Mfg. Date:

Expiry Date:

MRP incl. of taxes. Rs.

Net content:

Read Leaflet before use Read Leaflet before use Read Leaflet before use Read Leaflet before use Read Leaflet before use Read Leaflet before use Read Leaflet before use Read Leaflet before use Read Leaflet before use Read Leaflet before use Customer Care details:

PICTOGRAMS

23.

G.S.R.11(E), dated 4th January, 2019 and and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

MANOJ KUMAR VERMA

Provisions this notification answers to

Read out of the instrument itself: an enabling provision is one it says it was made under, which is the power it rests on. The rest it names without resting on.

Other instruments under the same Act

All of the The Insecticides Act, 1968