Lok Sabha Question No. 69 (STARRED), answered on 2016-03-01
Subject: Use of Bio-Pesticides
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY, E. T. MOHAMMED BASHEER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION & FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 69

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1 ST  MARCH, 2016

## USE OF BIO-PESTICIDES

- *69.      SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY: SHRI E.T. MOHAMMED BASHEER:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण ½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that several banned pesticides are being used in the production/cultivation of crops, fruits and vegetables thereby having an adverse impact on human health, livestocks and soil, if so, the details thereof and the corrective measures taken thereon;
- (b) whether the Government is considering to promote the use of biopesticides under the  Integrated  Pest  Management  Approach  which  employs  cultural,  mechanical  and biological  methods  of  pest  control  in  various  States  including  Jharkhand  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (c) the funds provided by the Government for the production of biopesticides during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (d) whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  develop  bio-pesticides  by  using  bioslurry which is an alternative to chemical fertilizers and pesticides; and
- (e) the  details  of  the  various  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  use  of biopesticides/bio-fertilizers in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण ½ãâ¨ããè

(SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH)

- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.  69   DUE FOR REPLY ON 1 ST  MARCH, 2016.

(a): Ministry  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers  Welfare  is  implementing  a  program  for 'Monitoring of Pesticide Residues at National Level' (MPRNL) under which samples of agriculture  commodities  are  collected  and  analyzed  for  the  presence  of  pesticide residues.    No  residues  of  banned  pesticides  have  been  detected  in  commodities monitored under this program.

The Registration Committee constituted under the provisions of the Insecticides Act, 1968 registers pesticides only after establishing their safety to human, animal and environmental  health.      Technical  reviews  are  carried  out  from  time  to  time  and continued use of pesticides is permitted only if found safe. The list of pesticides which are banned/ restricted/ withdrawn in one or more countries but continue to be registered for domestic use in India is at Annexure-I.

Further, based on the review of 6 neonicotinoid class of pesticides by an expert committee, the Government has issued directions to make appropriate amendments in the label claims and to conduct studies on bio-efficacy and toxicity. With respect to 66 other pesticides, the Committee has submitted its report in December 2015, which has been  referred to the Department  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers  Welfare  with the endorsement of the Registration Committee in January 2016.

- (b): The  Government  is  implementing  'Strengthening  and  Modernization  of  Pest Management  Approach  in  India'  through  35  Central  Integrated  Pest  Management Centres (CIPMCs) of Directorate of Plant Protection Quarantine and Storage established    across    the country with an aim to promote Integrated Pest Management

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(IPM) approach . CIPMCs inter alia, produce biological agents for release in the fields, conserve  natural  bio-control agents,  promote  bio-pesticides  as an  alternative to chemical pesticides and advocate judicious and safe use of chemical pesticides as a last resort. These activities are implemented through Farmers Field Schools (FFSs), 2 days  and  5  days  training  programmes  and  season  long  training  program  for  State Agriculture  Extension  officers  and  NGOs  /  Private  Bodies.  A  'Grow  Safe  Food' campaign  has  been  initiated  to  carry  the  message  of  safe  and  judicious  use  of pesticides  to  farmers  and  other  stakeholders.    A  simple  message  related  to  five essential  principles  of  judicious  pesticide  use  -  application  of  pesticides  on  the  right crop,  against  pests  for  which  the  pesticide  has  been  approved,  at  the  right  time,  in approved  doses,  and  as  per  approved  method  of  application  -  is  sought  to  be disseminated in regional languages in Gram Panchayats and rural areas. Package of practices  for  control  of  pests  and  diseases  in  67  crops  have  been  revised  to  include techniques to  reduce  dependence on chemical pesticides and encourage use of biopesticides and  other  alternative plant  protection  measures.  The  requirement  for registration  of  bio-pesticides  has  been  simplified  to  facilitate  introduction  of      biopesticides

(c) to (e): The  Central  Government  provides  grant-in-aid  of  Rs.45.00  lakhs  for building  and  Rs.20.00  lakh  for  procuring  equipments  for  Bio-control  Laboratories  for production of bio-control agents including bio-pesticides to State Governments. Central Government  also  provides  Rs.20.00  lakhs  as  grants-in-aid  to  State  Governments  for procuring equipments for Bio-pesticides Testing Laboratories. The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has sanctioned an amount of Rs 506.01 Lakh in 201213, Rs 75 Lakh in 2013-14 and Rs 200 Lakh 2014-15, under various schemes for the development of Bio- intensive pest management. The details are at Annexure II.

In the last five years, a total of 3,372 Nos. of Farmers Field Schools (FFSs) have been  organized  wherein  5,661  Agriculture  Extension  Officers  (AEOs)  and  99,940 farmers on different crops have been trained on latest IPM technology in various crops, 9,296  million  of    bio-control  agents  have  been  released  in  the  States  for  control  of different  pests and diseases. A total of 526 Two days HRD programme and 62  Five days  HRD  programme  were  organized  through  which  17,  870  farmers    and  2,480 AEOs/ Pesticides Dealers/ NGOs/ Progressive Farmers were trained and sensitized to reduce  the  use  of  chemical  pesticides  by  encouraging  the  use  of  good  agricultural practices. The details are at Annexure III

## ANNEXURE-I

## LIST  OF  PESTICIDES  WHICH  HAVE  BEEN  BANNED/SEVERLY  RESTRICTED  IN SOME  COUNTRIES  OF  THE  WORLD  BUT  ARE  BEING  USED  OR  RESTRICTED USE IN INDIA.

|   S.No. | Name of the Pesticide   |
|---------|-------------------------|
|       1 | Acephate                |
|       2 | Alachlor                |
|       3 | Aluminum Phosphide      |
|       4 | Atrazine                |
|       5 | Benfuracarb             |
|       6 | Benomyl                 |
|       7 | Bifenthrin              |
|       8 | Butachlor               |
|       9 | Captan                  |
|      10 | Carbaryl                |
|      11 | Carbendazim             |
|      12 | Carbofuran              |
|      13 | Chlorfenapyr            |
|      14 | Carbosulfan             |
|      15 | Chlorothalonil          |
|      16 | Chlorpyriphos           |
|      17 | Dazomet                 |
|      18 | DDT                     |
|      19 | Deltamethrin            |
|      20 | Diazinon                |
|      21 | Dichlorovos             |
|      22 | Dicofol                 |
|      23 | Diflubenzuron           |
|      24 | Dimethoate              |
|      25 | Dinocap                 |
|      26 | Diuron                  |
|      27 | Endosulfan              |
|      28 | Ethofenprox             |

|   29 | Fenpropathrin                  |
|------|--------------------------------|
|   30 | Fenarimol                      |
|   31 | Fenitrothion                   |
|   32 | Fenthion                       |
|   33 | Iprodione                      |
|   34 | 2,4-D                          |
|   35 | Kasugamycin                    |
|   36 | Linuron                        |
|   37 | Methomyl                       |
|   38 | Methoxy Ethyl Mercury Chloride |
|   39 | Methyl Parathion               |
|   40 | Malathion                      |
|   41 | Mancozeb                       |
|   42 | Mepiquat Chloride              |
|   43 | Metaldehyde                    |
|   44 | Monocrotophos                  |
|   45 | Oxyflurofen                    |
|   46 | Paraquat Dichloride            |
|   47 | Pendimethalin                  |
|   48 | Phorate                        |
|   49 | Phosphomidon                   |
|   50 | Pretilachlor                   |
|   51 | Propargite                     |
|   52 | Propineb                       |
|   53 | Quinalphos                     |
|   54 | Sodium cyanide                 |
|   55 | Sulfosulfurone                 |
|   56 | Thiodecarb                     |
|   57 | Thiometon                      |
|   58 | Thiphanate Methyl              |
|   59 | Thiram                         |
|   60 | Triazophos                     |

|   61 | Trichlorofon   |
|------|----------------|
|   62 | Tridemorph     |
|   63 | Trifluralin    |
|   64 | Zinc Phosphide |
|   65 | Zineb          |
|   66 | Ziram          |

## DETAILS OF THE FUNDS SANCTIONED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

2012-13

| S.NO.   | STATE         | PROPOSAL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |   AMOUNT (Rs. in Lakh.) | SCHEME   |
|---------|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|----------|
| 1.      | Haryana       | Project for Promotion of Bio Pesticides in Horticulture Crops to Reduce the Pesticides Residual Effect                                                                                                                                                                                    |                  108    | RKVY     |
| 2.      | Uttar Pradesh | Promotion of Integrated Pest Management (Bio-pesticide production of Trichoderma/ Beauvaia, etc - 13000 kg, NPV-26000 LE, Tricho-cards-29000 , Kharif demo-230, Rabi demo-170, Subsidy on Weedicide for 42000 ha, Rodenticide for 84000 ha, Fumigants- 84000 ha, Literature on IPM-10000) |                  385.4  | RKVY     |
| 3.      | Chhattisgarh  | Strengthening of Bio-Control Laboratory                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                   12.61 | SMPMA    |
|         | TOTAL         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                  506.01 |          |

2013-14

| S.NO.   | STATE       | PROPOSAL                                       |   AMOUNT (Rs. in Lakh.) | SCHEME   |
|---------|-------------|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|----------|
| 1.      | Jharkhand   | Strengthening of State Bio- Control Laboratory |                      25 | SMPMA    |
| 2.      | Maharashtra | Strengthening of State Bio- Control Laboratory |                      50 | SMPMA    |
|         | TOTAL       |                                                |                      75 |          |

2014-15

| S.NO.   | STATE     | PROPOSAL                                                                                                     |   AMOUNT (Rs. In Lakh.) | SCHEME   |
|---------|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|----------|
| 1.      | Karnataka | Mass production and popularization of bio- control agents for the management of pests and diseases of crop s |                     200 | RKVY     |
|         | TOTAL     |                                                                                                              |                     200 |          |

DETAILS OF FARMERS FIELD SCHOOLS

| Year    | Farmer Field School   | AEOs Trained   | Farmers Trained   |
|---------|-----------------------|----------------|-------------------|
| 2010-11 | 734                   | 3595           | 22000             |
| 2011-12 | 716                   | 1408           | 21480             |
| 2012-13 | 626                   | 457            | 18780             |
| 2013-14 | 616                   | 201            | 18480             |
| 2014-15 | 680                   | 0              | 19200             |
| Total   | 3,372                 | 5,661          | 99,940            |

DETAILS OF BIO- CONTROL AGENTS REALESED

| Year    | Release of Bio-control agents (in Millions)   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 2010-11 | 1590                                          |
| 2011-12 | 1760                                          |
| 2012-13 | 2025                                          |
| 2013-14 | 1921                                          |
| 2014-15 | 2000                                          |
| Total   | 9,296                                         |

DETAILS OF SHORT TERM HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IPM TRAINING PROGRAMMES (2 DAYS AND 5 DAYS)

| Year    |   No. of 2 days |   No. of Farmers trained including pesticide dealers. |   No. of 5 days |   No. of persons trained (AEOs/SMS/NGOs/ Progressive farmers) |
|---------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2010-11 |             132 |                                                  5280 |               8 |                                                           320 |
| 2011-12 |              47 |                                                  1880 |              11 |                                                           440 |
| 2012-13 |             116 |                                                  4640 |              11 |                                                           440 |
| 2013-14 |             114 |                                                  2560 |              13 |                                                           520 |
| 2014-15 |             117 |                                                  3510 |              19 |                                                           760 |
| TOTAL   |             526 |                                                 17870 |              62 |                                                          2480 |

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ANNEXURE- III