[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, 
SECTION -3, SUB -SECTION (ii)]  
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA  
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE  
(DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE)  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 New Delhi, the    October , 2023  
  
S.O.         (E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by sub -section (1) of section 3 of the 
Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1914 (2 of 1914), the Central Government hereby makes 
the following Order further to amend the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
Order, 2003, namely: - 
  
1. Short title and Commencement. -       (1) This Order may be called the   Plant    
                                                                        Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India)  
                                                                         (Eleventh Amendment) Order, 2023.  
(2) It shall come into force on the date 
of   its   publication in the Official Gazette.  
  
2. Amendment of Schedule VI. - In the Schedule VI to the Plant Quarantine (Regulation 
of Import into India) Order, 2003 - Against serial number 710, relating to   “Ruscus 
aculeatus” , the existing entry in column (3) will be numbered as (i) and the following 
entries relating thereto in columns (3), (4), (5) and (6), shall be inserted, namely: - 
  
  
  
(3)  (4) (5) (6) 
(ii) Rhizomes for 
Propagation  Portugal  
NIL  (i) Post -entry quarantine for a 
growing period of 4 -6 months.  
(ii) Free from soil  
  
[F.No.  18-87/2016 -PP.II ] 
  
  
(Ashish Kumar Srivastava)  
Joint Secretary to the Government of India  
  
Note: The Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003 was published in 
the Gazette of India, vide, number S.O. 1322 (E) dated 18th November, 2003, and 
subsequently amended vide number S.O.167(E), dated 6th February 2004, S.O. 427(E), dated 
29th March, 2004, S.O. 644(E), dated 31st May 2004, S.O. 263(E), dated 25th February 2005, S.O. 462 (E), dated 31st March 2005, S.O. 1121 (E), dated 14th   July 2006, S.O. 1353 
(E), dated 31st July 2006, S.O. 1873 (E), dated 31st October 2006, S.O. 2074 (E), dated 6th 
December 2006, S.O. 2069 (E), dated 3rd December, 2007, S.O. 3(E), dated 1st January, 
2008, S.O. 2847 (E), dated 8th December, 2008, S.O. 2888 (E), dated 15th December, 2008, 
S.O. 2286 (E), dated 9th September, 2009, S.O. 2390 (E), dated 16th September, 2009, S.O. 
3269 (E), dated 23rd December, 2009, S.O. 3298 (E), dated 24th D ecember, 2009, S.O. 907 
(E), dated 21st April, 2010, S.O. 2095(E), dated 27th August, 2010, S.O. 2284 (E), dated 15th 
September, 2010, S.O. 2516 (E), dated 11th October, 2010, S.O. 2711 (E) dated 4th 
November, 2010, S.O. 3052(E) dated 28th December, 2010, S.O. 887 (E) dated 28th April, 
2011, S.O. No. 2845 (E) dated 21st December, 2011, S.O. No.296 (E) dated 17th February, 
2012, S.O. 2775(E) 23rd November, 2012 S.O.799(E) dated 21st March, 2013, S.O.1378(E) 
dated 28th May, 2013, S.O.1531(E) dated 14th June, 2013,   S.O.2919(E) dated 26th 
September, 2013, S.O.1508(E) dated 13th June, 2014, S.O. No.1632(E) dated 27th June, 
2014, S.O. No.2320(E) dated 12th September, 2014,S.O. No.2542(E) dated 29th September, 
2014, S.O. No.2879(E) dated 11th November, 2014, S.O. No.3114(E) dated 10th December, 
2014, S.O. No. 1413(E) dated 26th May, 2015, S.O. No. 2496(E) dated 15th September, 
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S.O. No.1873(E) dated 25th May, 2016, S.O. No.2192(E)  dated 20th June, 2016, S.O. No. 
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dated 5th August, 2016 and S.O. No.264(E) dated 12th January, 2017, S.O. No. 364(E) dated 
3rd February, 2017, S.O. 1344 (E) dated 27th April, 2017, S.O. 1475 (E) dated 8th May, 
2017,   S.O. 2019 (E) dated 21st June, 2017   and S.O. 2152 (E) dated 6th July, 2017 and S.O. 
No. 2752 (E) dated 23rd August, 2017, S.O. No. 3293(E) dated 6th October, 2017, S.O. 
No.3556(E) dated 7th November, 2017 and S.O. No. 4082(E) dated 27th December, 2017, 
S.O. No. 1248(E) dated 20th March, 2018, S.O. No. 1873(E) dated 10th May, 2018, S.O. 
No.1930 dated 15th May, 2018, S.O. No. 2059(E) dated 24th May, 2018, S.O. No. 2286(E) 
dated 4th June, 2018 and S.O. No. 3194(E) dated 29th June, 2018, S.O. No. 3392(E) dated 
10th July, 2018, S.O. No. 3998(E) dated 16th August, 2018, S.O. No. 5158(E) dated 3rd 
October, 2018 and S.O. No. 5830(E) dated 22ndNovember, 2018 and S.O. No. 6224(E) dated 
18th December, 2018, S.O. No.941(E) dated 19th February, 2019 and S.O. No. 1728(E) dated 
6th May, 2019, S.O. No. 1817(E) dated 24th May, 2019 ,S.O. No.1954(E) dated 11.06.2019, 
S.O. No. 2525(E) dated 15th   July, 2019 and S.O. No.2603 (E) dated 18th July, 2019 and 
S.O. No. 3141(E) dated 29th August, 2019; S.O. No. 3594(E) dated 1st October, 2019 and 
S.O. No.3845(E) dated 24th   October,2019 and S.O. No. 4083(E) dated 8th November, 2019 
and S.O. 4615 (E) dated 21st December, 2019 and S.O. 352 (E) dated 24th January, 2020 81. 
S.O. 488 (E) dated 3 1st January, 2020 82. S.O. 953 (E) dated 2nd March, 20202020 and   S.O. 
No. 1404(E) dated 27th April, 2020, S.O. No.2390(E) dated 20th July, 2020; S.O. 
No.3646(E) dated 14th October, 2020 and S.O. No.4243(E) dated 17th November, 2020and 
S.O. No.681(E) dated 10th February, 2021, , S.O.No.1491(E) dated 7th April, 2021, S.O. 
No.2511(E) dated 10th June, 2021, S.O. No.2512(E) dated 10th June, 2021and S.O. 
No.4265(E) dated 13th October, 2021, S.O.No.1885(E) dated 5th April, 2022, S.O. No 3456 
(E) dated 26th July, 2022, S.O. No. 3777 (E) dated 3rd August, 2022, S.O. No. 4551 (E) 
dated 26th September, 2022, S.O. No. 4871 (E) dated 13th October, 2022, S.O. No. 5167 (E) 
dated 28th October, 2022.   S.O. No. 5401 (E) dated 21st November, 2022 and S.O. No. 5573 (E) dated 30th November, 2022, S.O.No.1801 (E) dated 21st April, 2023 and S.O.No.2153 
(E) dated 10th May, 2023,S.O.No.2360 (E) dated 31st   May, 2023, S.O 2680 ( E) dated 12th 
June, 2023, S.O. No. 3246 (E) dated 20th July, 2023, S.O. No. 3682 (E) dated 16th August, 
2023, S.O. No. 3945  (E) dated 04th September, 2023, S.O. No. 4082 (E) dated 14th 
September, 2023 , S.O. No. 4228 (E) dated 25 th September, 2023  and S.O. No. 4366 (E) 
dated 06 th October , 2023  
 
  
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The Manager,  
Government of India Press,  
Mayapuri,New Delhi.