Notification, 2020

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EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 1998] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020/ASADHA 16, 1942

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

(Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 6th July, 2020

S.O. 2268(E).—Whereas the Central Government has received a report from the Government of Kerala for prohibiting the distribution, sale and use of Glyphosate and its derivatives; And whereas the Central Government, after considering the report of the State Government of Kerala and after consultation with the Registration Committee set up under the Insecticides Act, 1968 (46 of 1968), proposes to make, the Draft Order, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section 2 of Section 27 of the Insecticides Act, 1968 (46 of 1968) and is hereby published for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft order shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of a period of thirty days from the date on which the copies of the Gazette of India containing this Order are make available to the public; Any objection or suggestion which may be received from any person in respect of the said draft Order before the expiry of the aforesaid period of thirty days will be considered by the Central Government. Any objection or suggestion in respect to the said draft Order may be forwarded to the Joint Secretary (Plant Protection), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110 001.

DRAFT ORDER

1. (1) This Order may be called the Restriction on use of Glyphosate Order, 2020;

(2) It shall come into force on the date of its final publication in the Official Gazette.

2. No person shall use Glyphosate except through Pest Control Operators.

3. All the holders of certificate of registration granted for Glyphosate and its derivatives shall return the certificate of registration to the Registration Committee for incorporation of the warning in bold letters “THE USE OF GLYPHOSATE FORMULATION TO BE ALLOWED THROUGH PEST CONTROL OPERATORS (PCOs)” on the label and leaflets.

4. If any person who holds the certificate of registration fails to return the certificate to the Registration Committee, referred to in clause (3), within a period of three months, action shall be taken under the provisions contained in the said Act.

5. Every State Government shall take all such steps under the provisions of the said Act and the rules framed thereunder, as it considers necessary for the execution of this Order in the State. ATISH CHANDRA, Jt. Secy.

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

ALOK KUMAR

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