Insecticide

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-09012024-251230 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 29] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2024/PAUSHA 19, 1945 184 GI/2024 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE (Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 8th January, 2024 G.S.R. 34(E).—The following draft rules further to amend the Insecticides Rules, 1971, which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by section 36 of the Insecticides Act, 1968 (46 of 1968), is hereby published, as required by the said section, for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby; and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of thirty days from the date on which copies of this notification as published in the Gazette of India are made available to the public; Objections or suggestions which may be received from any person in respect of the said draft rules before the expiry of the aforesaid period of thirty days shall be considered by the Central Government; Objections and suggestions in respect to the said draft rules may be forwarded to the Joint Secretary (Plant Protection), Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, KrishiBhawan, New Delhi-110001 or through email at [email protected]. Draft Rules 1. Short title and Commencement: (1) These Rules may be called the Insecticides (First Amendment) Rules, 2024. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Insecticides Rules, 1971, in rule 10, in sub-rule (1A), in the first proviso, for the figures, letters and word “31st December, 2023” the figures, letters and word “30th June, 2024" shall be substituted. [F. No. 13035/28/2014-PP-I (vol. viii)] ASHISH KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, Jt. Secy. (PP) Note:- The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 1650(E), dated the 19th October, 1971 and was amended vide G.S.R. 921(E) dated 28th December, 2023.