January 12 , 2026
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- The Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare released the Draft Pesticides Management Bill, 2025.
- The Bill will replace the Insecticides Act, 1968.
- It will regulate the manufacture, import, sale, storage, transport and use of pesticides in India.
- The Bill provides for a Central Pesticides Board and a Registration Committee to control pesticide approval.
- It makes licensing, labelling and digital registration of pesticides compulsory.
- It includes penalties for unsafe or illegal use of pesticides.
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