The Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers presented its report on ‘Insecticides and Pesticides – Promotion and Development including Safe Usage – Licensing Regime for Insecticides’ on December 19, 2023. Pesticides are broadly of four types: insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and bio-pesticides. Herbicides kill/control the growth of weeds, and have the …
Evidence is mounting on the ill-effects of Endosulfan sprayed on cashew plantations in Kasaragod district, even as the Union government continues to be ambivalent on the issue. A survey done by the Health Department has identified nearly 4,000 victims after screening 16,000. The household survey and the screening done in …
Chandigarh Haryana government has drawn up a new scheme to promote organic farming by adopting good agricultural practices and minimising the use of pesticides in the state and it has earmarked R1 crore for its implementation during 2011-12. While stating this a spokesman of horticulture department said that 10,000 hectares …
As if taking a leaf out of a science fiction novel, some bugs are transforming themselves into super bugs, thereby making the common pesticides worthless in the State
Thanks to a Delhi High Court order, senior law officers of the Central as well as Delhi government will soon be seen buying vegetables across the Capital. The court, on Wednesday, directed senior government lawyers to fetch vegetables from different mandis across Delhi, so that they could be taken to …
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday set up a committee of lawyers and tasked it to collect vegetable and fruit samples for simultaneous testing at a Delhi Government laboratory as well as one certified by National Board for Testing and Calibration for presence of residue of pesticides. A Division Bench …
The objective of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (SC) is to protect human health and the environment from POPs. Article 7 of the SC calls for the development of the National Implementation Plan (NIP) that discusses how Parties aim to meet their obligations under the SC. This document …
The Karnataka High Court today ordered issue of notices to the state government and Minister for Energy, Food and Civil supplies on a petition challenging the ban imposed on the use of Endosulphan pesticide. Justice B S Patil, hearing the petition filed by Endosulphan Manufacturers' and Formulators' Welfare Association (EMFWA) …
LUCKNOW: Farmers from all over the country on Saturday expressed their concern over soil degradation here at an interactive session held for them at the 10th Agricultural Science Congress. Farmers represented by 60 representatives selected from different states felt that soil degradation was emerging as a major constraint in increasing …
Kanhangad: The Anti-Endosulfan Campaign Committee would launch an indefinite hunger strike from February 19, raising demands like distribution of Plantation Corporation of Kerala's land to pesticide victims, rehabilitation of victims' families and writing off of their loans, among other things, its district convenor A. Kunhikrishnan said. Statement flayed He added …
Evidence is piling up showing the aerial spraying of Endosulfan in Kasaragod district by the Plantation Corporation of Kerala not only caused deleterious health effects but also impoverished the local population. The State-owned Corporation is yet to offer any relief, though it has agreed to follow government directive in respect …
A people's convention against the use of Endosulfan decided to strengthen the ongoing agitation demanding a nation-wide ban on the pesticide. P. J. James, central committee member of CPI (ML), who inaugurated the programme accused the Union government of protecting the interests of the pesticide makers while ignoring the plight …
Recent meeting of Persistent Organic Pollutant Review Committee (POPRC), a subsidiary body of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) was held at Geneva on 15th of October, 2010 in which the member nations especially European Union lobby strongly voiced for a global ban on the production and use …
Caricatures, many a time, act as satires on various raging issues that engulf the world. However, at times, they act as a medium of introspection as well. The awareness programme that is being organised by the Kerala Cartoon Academy has set out on a unique mission. Conducted on the sidelines …
After hearing the submissions by amicus curiae in connection with a PIL alleging rampant use of banned pesticides in fruits and vegetables, the Delhi high court on Wednesday decided to hear the issue on March 9. Amicus curie V.K. Rao and Saket Sikri submitted to the HC that there were …
K. Muraleedharan has urged the Union Ministry of Agriculture to intervene and impose a complete ban on Endosulfan in the plantations run by the Kerala State Plantation Corporation. Inaugurating the Malabar Region Anti-Endosulfan Convention here recently, he sought a proper study by the National Institute of Occupational Health in this …
In economic terms, it may sound vague that agricultural advances are touching Rs 30,000 crore when incidences of farmers committing suicide are on the rise in Madhya Pradesh. Over the last fortnight, three farmers have committed suicide and another is battling for life. State authorities are lending a deaf ear …
A 45-year-old man, undergoing prolonged treatment for mysterious diseases suspected to have been caused by the aerial spraying of Endosulfan in the cashew estates of the Plantation Corporation of Kerala in the district died at a hospital in Mangalore. Alex Monthera, a resident of Kajampadi near Perla, where the pesticide …
The government is considering a ban on red (extremely toxic) and yellow (highly toxic) categories of pesticides in phases against the background of mounting protests against pesticides in the State, especially in Kasaragod and Idukki districts. Initially, the ban will apply to sensitive and biodiversity-rich areas and areas where pesticide …
Leader of the Opposition Oommen Chandy on Monday asked the State government to adopt the families of Endosulfan victims who are leading a prolonged life of misery and trauma, saying that providing mere medical facilities to the affected was not sufficient.
ALAPPUZHA: After making husbands run carrying their wives at the Shankumugham Beach Thiruvananthapuram, Ecorun India is organising another run, this time a 50 km marathon from Alappuzha to Kottayam, demanding a ban on pesticides. Titled Ecorun Ultra Marathon, the event will be from Mullackal in Alappuzha to Thirunnakkara in Kottayam …
