[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, 
SECTION -3, SUB -SECTION (ii)]  
 
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA  
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFA RE  
(DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE)  
 
NOTIFICATION                     
 New Delhi, the   June, 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 fu rther 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 (Regula tion of Import into     India) 
(Seventh  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 -The following serial number and entries thereto  shall 
be inserted, namely: - 
S.N
o. Plant 
Species  Category of 
plant 
material  Countr
y of 
origin  Additional declarations 
required to be incorporated 
into Phytosanitary 
certificate  Special conditions of 
import  
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)  (6) 
787 Vigna  sub
terranea  (
Bambara 
groundnu
t) Dry grains for 
consumption  Nigeria  Free from:  
(a) Alectra vogelii  
(Yellow witchweed)  
(b) Bruchidius 
atrolineatus  (i) Free from soil and 
other plant debris.  
(ii) Fumigation with 
Aluminum  
phosphide (ALP) @ 
9 g/metric ton for 
minimum 5 -7 days 
or equivalent  
thereof.  
The treatment shall  
 
[F.No.8 -28/2023-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), dat ed 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. 209 5(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) da ted 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, 
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dated 13th January, 2016,  S.O. No. 608(E) dated 7th March, 2016 S.O. No.1873(E) dated 25th May, 
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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. 319 4(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.9 41(E) dated 19th be endorsed in  
Phytosanitary 
Certificate issued at 
the 
country of origin  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) d ated 31st January, 2020 82. S.O. 953 (E) dated 2nd March, 2020 2020 
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 April, 2023  and S.O.No.2153 
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To 
The Manager,  
Government of India Press,   
Mayapuri,  New Delhi.