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Requirement of import permit for non-insecticidal use of insecticides
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....mittee, in its 474th meeting held on 30.07.2026, considered the Gazette Notification dated 08.07.2026 issued by the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, namely the Insecticides Third Amendment Rules, 2026, stipulating the requirement of an import permit for non-insecticidal uses. 3. The Registration Committee observed that the said notification is statutory in nature and has force of law and is required to be adhered to by all applicants desiring to import any of the substances included in the Schedule to the Insecticides Act, 1968, for non-insecticidal purposes. 4. The Registration Committee has further decided that henceforth all applications for import permit are to be made in the stipulated Form and that the notification is required to be put in the public domain for information and compliance of all stakeholders. 5. It has also been specifically conveyed that, since the import permit requirement has now been stipulated in the Insecticide Rules, 1971 by way of the Gazette Notification dated 08.07.2026, the requirement of obtaining an import permit is a statutory requirement and is required to be complied with by all applicants for substances proposed to be impo....
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....rmation and compliance of all the stakeholders immediately. The finalized guidelines and Form are attached as Annexure-3.2.1. It was further decided that the applications of import permit pending in the Sectt. of CIB&RC shall also be dealt in accordance with revised guidelines with the then application form. RC also directs the Secretariat of CIB&RC to issue a public notice to this effect along with an appropriate guideline, forms approved by the RC as notified. A communication shall also be issued to the Custom Authorities for their information and compliance. RC also perused the communication received from M/s Supreme Petrochem Ltd. dated 24.07.2026 regarding the applicability of the Hon'ble Gujarat High Court Order dated 19.11.2025 wherein the requirement of import permit has been set aside to the extent of acrylonitrile to be imported for non-insecticidal use. RC deliberated upon the same and observes that since now the import permit requirement has been stipulated in the Insecticide Rules, 1971 by the way of the Gazette notification dated 08.07.2026 and therefore the requirement of obtaining an import permit is now a statutory requirement and therefore is required to be co....
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....D FARMERS WELFARE (Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 8th July, 2026 G.S.R. 597(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 and Farmers Welfare) number G.S.R. 855 (E), dated the 18th November, 2025, and published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub- section (i), dated the 19th November, 2025, inviting objections and 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 Official Gazette 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 19th day of November, 2025; And whereas, objections or suggestions received from the public in respect of the said draft rules have been considered by the Central Government; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred....
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....being manufactured using the imported insecticide: ............................ (ii) Licensed Capacity of item proposed to be manufactured: .................................... (iii) Installed Capacity of item proposed to be manufactured: ..................................... (iv) Function of the insecticide in the process of manufacture of the item and the percent required: ..................................... 6. Annual quantity (in MT) of the insecticide proposed to be imported:........................ 7. Copy of valid industrial license / approval (enclosed a copy of factory license) / Industrial Entrepreneur Memorandum (IEM) issued by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion / State Director of Industry certificated / District Industry Centre) [Attach self-certified copy (along with English Version, If not in English Language)- Please attach as Annexure-I] 8. Whether- (a) Clearance or consent from Pollution Control Board (PCB) for the current year:........... (b) If no, whether renewal has been applied for current year:............ (Attach legal self-certified document for existence of manufacturing facility at the address provide....