[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   January, 2024  
 
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 (Regula tion of Import into India) 
(Third Amendment) Order, 2024 .      
(2) It shall come into force on the date of its 
publication in the Official Gazette.  
 
2.  In the Schedule VI to the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003;  
 
(i) Against serial no 789  relating to Vigna  subterranea  (Bambara groundnut)  after the entries 
relating to dry grains for consumption  in column (3) the fol lowing entries in column no. (4), (5) 
and (6)  shall respectively be inserted, namely:  
Category of plant 
material  Country 
of origin  Additional declarations 
required to be incorporated 
into Phytosanitary 
certificate  Special conditions of 
import  
(3) (4) (5)  (6) 
Dry grains for 
consumption  Ghana  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 should  be  
 
[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), 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, 2015, S.O. No. 101(E) dated 13th 
January, 2016,  S.O. No. 608(E) dated 7th March, 2016 S.O. No.1873(E) dated 25th May, 2016, S.O. 
No.2192(E) dated 20th June, 2016, S.O. No. 2248(E) dated 29th June, 2016, S.O. No.2453(E) dated 5th 
July, 2016, S.O. No.2614(E) 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. endorsed in  
Phytosanitary Certificate 
issued at the  
country of origin  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 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 and S.O. No. 4228 (E) dated 25th September, 2023 and S.O. No. 4336 (E) dated 06th 
October, 2023, S.O. No. 4552 (E) date d 11th October, 2023, S.O. No. 4 640 (E) dated 19th October, 
2023 , S.O. No. 4764 (E) dated 01st November, 2023, S.O. No. 5389 (E) dated 19 December, 2023  
 
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Government of India Press,  
Mayapuri, New Delhi.