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This notification amends the Schedule to the Insecticides Act, 1968, by inserting new entries of chemical substances under the 'Common Name' heading.

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare), acting on behalf of the Central Government and in exercise of powers conferred by sub-clause (ii) of clause (e) of section 3 of the Insecticides Act, 1968 (46 of 1968), and after consultation with the Board, issued Notification S.O. 3901(E) on July 15, 2026. This notification further amends the Schedule to the said Act, effective from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. The amendment involves inserting several new entries under the heading "Common Name" after the existing entries relating to "Flumethrin." The newly added substances include "2-Undecanone," "Chavibetol," "p-Cymene," "Quaternary isoquinoline alkaloids" (with active ingredients like Dehydrocorydalmine, Jatrorrhizine, Columbamine, Oxyberberine), "Ellagic acid," "Thymoquinone," "Boric acids," "Fenoxasulfone," "Tea Tree Oil (Plant extract Tea Tree Oil from Melaleuca alternifolia)," "Icafolin," "Metyltetraprole," "Cyproflanilide," "Spidoxamat," "Rimisoxafen," "Cybenzoxasulfyl," "Epyrifenacil," "Dihydro-p-coumaric acid," "Fosamine Ammonium," "Noviflumuron," "Flumetnicam," "Ferric Phosphate," "Flufenoxadiazam," "Spiroxamine," "MCPB-ethyl," "Pyraclonil," "Carmeconazole," and "Natural camphor," each with their respective CAS/CAS RN No. and IUPAC/Chemical Abstract Name. The principal notification was G.S.R. 9 (E), dated January 9, 1974, and was last amended by S.O. 2703 (E), dated June 17, 2025.

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L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-20072026-274612 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3738] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2026/ASHADHA 24, 1948 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE (Department Of Agriculture And Farmers Welfare) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 15th July, 2026 S.O. 3901(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (ii) of clause (e) of section 3 of the Insecticides Act, 1968 (46 of 1968), the Central Government, after consultation with the Board, hereby makes the following amendments further to amend the Schedule to the said Act, with effect from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, namely:- In the Schedule to the said Act, under the heading "Common Name", after the entries relating to "Flumethrin" and the corresponding entries relating thereto, the following entries shall respectively, be inserted, namely:— +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Common Name | CAS/CAS RN No. | IUPAC/Chemical Abstract Name | +================================+=================+=============================================================================+ | "2-Undecanone | 112-12-9 | undecan-2-one | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Chavibetol | 501-19-9 | 2-methoxy-5-prop-2-enylphenol | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | p-Cymene | 99-87-6 | 1-methyl-4-(propan-2-yl)benzene | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Quaternary isoquinoline | | | | alkaloids | | | | Active Ingredients Present: | | | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1.Dehydrocorydalmine | 6877-27-6 | 2,3,9-trimethoxy-5,6-dihydroisoquinolino[2,1-b]isoquinolin-7-ium-10-ol | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2. Jatrorrhizine | 3621-38-3 | 2,9,10-trimethoxy-5,6-dihydroisoquinolino[2,1-b]isoquinolin-7-ium-3-ol | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 3. Columbamine | 3621-36-1 | 3,9,10-trimethoxy-5,6-dihydroisoquinolino[2,1-b]isoquinolin-7-ium-2-ol | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4. Oxyberberine | 549-21-3 | 16,17-dimethoxy-5,7-dioxa-13-azapentacyclo[11.8.0.02,10.04,8.015,20]henicosa-| | | | 1(21),2,4(8),9,15(20), 16,18-heptaen-14-one | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ellagic acid | 476-66-4 | 6,7,13,14-tetrahydroxy-2,9 dioxatetracyclo[6.6.2.04,16.011,15]hexadeca- | | | | 1(15),4,6,8(16),11,13-hexaene-3,10-dione | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Thymoquinone | 490-91-5 | 2-methyl-5-propan-2-ylcyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Boric acids | 10043-35-3 | Orthoboric acid, | | | | Hydrated Boric acid | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Fenoxasulfone | 639826-16-7 | 3-[(2,5-dichloro-4-ethoxyphenyl)methylsulfonyl]-5,5-dimethyl-4H-1,2-oxazole | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Tea Tree Oil | 68647-73-4 | Terpene hydrocarbons and Terpene alcohols | | (Plant extract Tea Tree Oil | | | | from Melaleuca alternifolia) | | | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Icafolin | 2254752-27-5 | (2RS,4RS)-4-({[(5S)-3-(3,5-difluorophenyl)-5-vinyl-4,5-dihydroisoxazol-5- | | | | yl]carbonyl)amino)tetrahydrofuran-2-carboxylic acid containing 40-70% of the | | | | (2R,4R)-isomer and 60-30% of the (2S,4S)-isomer | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Metyltetraprole | 1472649-01-6 | 1-[2-({[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl]oxy}methyl)-3-methylphenyl]-4- | | | | methyl-1,4- dihydro-5H-tetrazol-5-one | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Cyproflanilide | 2375110-88-4 | 2'-bromo-3-[N-(cyclopropylmethyl)-4-fluorobenzamido]-2-fluoro-4'-[1,2,2,2- | | | | tetrafluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]-6'-(trifluoromethyl)benzanilide, N-{2-bromo-4- | | | | [1,2,2,2-tetrafluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]-6-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-3-[N- | | | | (cyclopropylmethyl)-4- fluorobenzamido]-2-fluorobenzamide | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Spidoxamat | 907187-07-9 | 11-(4-chloro 2,6- dimethylphenyl) -12-hydroxy1,4-dioxa- 9-azadispiro[4.2.4 | | | | 8.25]tetradec11-en-10-one | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Rimisoxafen | 1801862-02-1 | 5-chloro-2-{3-chloro-2-[3-(difluoromethyl)-1,2-oxazol-5-yl]phenoxylpyrimidine | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Cybenzoxasulfyl | 2128706-04-5 | 2-[5- cyclopropyl-3- (ethylsulfonyl)- 2-pyridinyl]-5- [(trifluoromethyl | | | | )sulfinyl]benzox azole | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Epyrifenacil | 353292-31-6 | Ethyl [(3-{2- chloro-5-[3,6- dihydro-3- methyl-2,6- dioxo-4- (trifluoromethyl) | | | | pyrimidin-1(2H)-yl]-4- fluorophenoxy}- 2-pyridyl) oxy]acetate" | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Dihydro-p-coumaric acid | 501-97-3 | (E)-3-(4-hydroxycyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-yl)prop-2-enoic acid | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Fosamine Ammonium | 25954-13-6 | Ammonium ethyl carbamoyl phosphonate | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Noviflumuron | 121451-02-3 | 1-{3,5-dichloro-2-fluoro-4-[(RS)-1,1,2,3,3,3-hexafluoropropaxy]phenyl}-3-(2,6- | | | | difluorobenzoyl)urea | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Flumetnicam | 158062-71-6 | 4-(trifluromethyl)pyridine-3-carboxamide | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ferric Phosphate | 10045-86-0 | Ferric Phosphate; iron (3+) Phosphate | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Flufenoxadiazam | 1839120-27-2 | 2'-fluoro-4-[5-(trifluoromethyl)-1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl]benzanilide | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Spiroxamine | 118134-30-8 | 8-tert-butyl-1,4-dioxaspiro[4.5]decan-2-ylmethyl](ethyl)(propyl)amine | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MCPB-ethyl | 10443-70-6 | Ethyl 4-(4-chloro-o- tolyloxy)butyrate | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pyraclonil | 158353-15-2 | 1-(3-chloro-4,5,6,7-tetrahydropyrazolo[1,5-a] pyridin - 2-yl)-5-[methyl (prop-2- | | | | ynyl) amino] -1H-pyrazole-4-carbonitrile | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Carmeconazole | 2323565-15-5 | Methyl(2RS)-2-[2-chloro-4-(4-chlorophenoxy)phenyl]-2- hydroxy-3-(1H-1,2,4- | | | | triazol-1-yl)propanoate | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Natural camphor | 464-49-3 | (1R,7R)-1,7,7-Trimethylbiclo[2.2.1]heptane-2-one.". | +--------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ [F. No. 13029/01/2019-पीपी-I] MUKTANAND AGRAWAL, Joint Secy. (Plant Protection) Note.—The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 9 (E), dated the 9th January, 1974 and was last amended vide S.O. 2703 (E), dated the 17th June, 2025. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. VINOD Digitally signed KUMAR by VINOD KUMAR Date: 2026.07.20 15:21:44 +05'30'

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