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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-19112025-267818
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2025/KARTIKA 28, 1947
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
(Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 18th November, 2025
G.S.R. 855(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 rule 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 rule before the
expiry of the aforesaid period of thirty days will be considered by the Central Government;
Objections and suggestions in respect to the said draft rule may be forwarded to the Joint Secretary (Plant
Protection), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare,
Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110001 or through email at muktanand.ias08@nic.in.
Draft Rules
1. Short title and Commencement: (1) These rules may be called the Insecticides (Amendment) Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Insecticides Rules, 1971 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in Rule 4, after clause (a), following shall
be inserted:-
“b. grant Import Permit to any person desirous to import any insecticides for non-insecticidal/industrial use in
the Form IA containing all such particulars along with a prescribed fee of Rs 5000/-.
(i) The application complete in all respect shall be considered and disposed by the Registration Committee preferably
within a period of 45 days which may further extend to a period not later than 15 days. The Registration Committee
shall have the power to conduct an enquiry to verify the information submitted by the applicant as the case may be.
(ii) The validity of the Import Permit shall be for one year.
Provided the applicants holding Certificate of Registration for the pesticide for which the imported goods are
intended to be used as raw material the validity of the Import Permit shall be three years."
3. In the said rules, in the "FIRST SCHEDULE”, after “FORM I, the following shall be inserted, namely:-
"FORM IA
Application for Grant of permission for import of Insecticides for non-insecticidal use
[see rule 4(b)]
1. Name of the applicant along with complete address:
2. Address of premises, where the imported insecticide shall be stocked or used:
3. Name of the insecticide proposed to be imported along with the minimum purity:
4. Source of import with complete address:
5. (i) Name of the Item being manufactured using the imported insecticide:
(ii) Licensed Capacity of item proposed to be manufactured:
(iii) Installed Capacity of item proposed to be manufactured:
(iv) Function of the insecticide in the process of manufacture of the item & the % required:
6. Annual quantity (in MT) of the insecticide proposed to be imported:
7. Copy of valid industrial license / approval (enclosed a copy of factory license / EM issued by Department of
Industrial Policy & Promotion / State Director of Industry certificated / District Industry Centre
[Attach self-certified copy (along with English Version, If not in English Language)- Annexure-I]
8. Whether-
(a) Clearance / consent from Pollution Control Board (PCB) for the current year:
(b) If no, whether renewal has been applied for current year:
(Attach legal self-certified document for existence of manufacturing facility at the address provided by applicant.
Annexure-II)
9. Self-Certified Year-wise quantity of the imported insecticide consumed during the last three years along with
corresponding production of end- product.
[Attach in original- Annexure III (as per Performa attached)]
10. Self-Certified affidavit for the quantity requested with justification for first time application thereafter, verification
of the claim as per RC decision.
11. (a) Whether the imported material is for Domestic consumption or export or both:
(b) If for domestic consumption then declaration certified by jurisdictional Industrial Health & Safety Office that
the imported insecticide shall be stored in a separate room away from all other material to avoid poisoning.
(c) If for export, name & address of foreign buyer to whom the finished product is to be exported, enclosing a
copy of the advance license, if applicable.
12. In case the variation in the quantity declared for import (S.No.9) and average consumption during last three years
(Annexure III) is more than 10%, detailed technical justification of the Nodal Ministry/ Department/State Department
of Industry for recommending higher quantity:
13. Details of purchase & consumption-
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
| Year (Financial) | Quantity of the Insecticide (in MT) | Corresponding Final Product |
| |-------------------------------------+ |
| | Imported | Consumed | |
+-------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------+
| (1) | (2) | (3) | |
+-------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------+
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
+-------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------+
| Total Quantity | | | |
+-------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------+
| Average consumption of last three years | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
Place:
Date:
Signature of the applicant
with seal
Verification
I....................... D/o or S/o .......................................in my capacity as .......................................do
hereby solemnly verify that I am competent to make this application and that the information given in the application
and the annexure(s) and statements, accompanying it, are correct and complete. I further undertake that imported
material is not for sale but for use as per our own requirement as stated in this application. I clearly understand that in
the event of any information, or part thereof, being found incorrect, the import permit shall be liable to be
cancelled without any notice and the whole losses/responsibility shall be ours.
Place :
Date:
Signature of the applicant
with seal
Note:
(i) Attach copy of each document, wherever indicated in this application.
(ii) Fill up each column even if the information is ‘Nil' or ‘Not Application (N.A.)'.
(iii) Attach all relevant Annexure even if the information is 'Nil'.
(iv) Application shall be processed and decided in a time bound manner preferably in 30 days (4-6 weeks as per
RC meeting ) from the receipt of complete application form in all respect on online portal.
(v) Incomplete application is liable to be rejected, without prior notice. "
[F. No. 13035/11/2019-PP-I]
MUKTANAND AGRAWAL, Jt. Secy. (Plant Protection)
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 last amended vide G.S.R 567(E)
dated 21st August, 2025.
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