[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   February, 2024 
 
S.O.         (E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of sec tion 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) (Fourth Amendment)  
Order, 2024.  
 (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 no 788 relating to Sechium edule  (Chayote) and entries 
in column (3) whole plant for consumption, the existing entries in column (4) shall be numbered as (i) 
thereof and after, the following entries in column (4), (5) and (6) shall respectively be inserted, 
namely: 
 
 
[F.No.8-28/2023-PP.II] 
 
 
 
(Ashish Kumar Srivastava) 
Joint Secretary to the Government of India Country of origin Additional declarations required to be 
incorporated into Phytosanitary certificate Special conditions of import 
(4) (5)  (6) 
(ii) Nepal                                   NIL Free from weed seeds, other 
plant debris & soil  
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 December, 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.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 22nd  November, 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 31st 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, 2020 and 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, 2021 and 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 
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To 
The Manager, 
Government of India Press,  
Mayapuri, New Delhi.