Take Note of Banned Pesticides in India!
The following pesticides are banned in India. Please make farmers aware of this as many farmers keep and use old chemicals and decant chemicals from original container into drink bottles and food containers.
Pesticides should never be thrown out into waterways, rivers, drains and rubbish bins.
To clean Pesticide drums and bottles it is better to dilute them and pour them out in a corner of the field on soil and not near channels (if there is no collection service from resellers or manufacturers). Then wash with soap power and water 3 times by rinsing out the containers each time with water and pouring water in the same area. This is called as Triple rinsing and is the best practice to clean up pesticide containers.
Do not use cleaned containers to store any food or edible items. Do not give kids the containers to store items or for playing. Even low levels of pesticides can be dangerous to children.
LIST OF PESTICIDES / PESTICIDES FORMULATIONS BANNED IN INDIA
| A. | Pesticides Banned for manufacture, import and use (27 Nos.) | |
| 1. | Aldrin | |
| 2. | Benzene Hexachloride | |
| 3. | Calcium Cyanide | |
| 4. | Chlordane | |
| 5. | Copper Acetoarsenite | |
| 6. | CIbromochloropropane | |
| 7. | Endrin | |
| 8. | Ethyl Mercury Chloride | |
| 9. | Ethyl Parathion | |
| 10. | Heptachlor | |
| 11. | Menazone | |
| 12. | Nitrofen | |
| 13. | Paraquat Dimethyl Sulphate | |
| 14. | Pentachloro Nitrobenzene | |
| 15. | Pentachlorophenol | |
| 16. | Phenyl Mercury Acetate | |
| 17. | Sodium Methane Arsonate | |
| 18. | Tetradifon | |
| 19. | Toxafen | |
| 20. | Aldicarb | |
| 21. | Chlorobenzilate | |
| 22. | Dieldrine | |
| 23. | Maleic Hydrazide | |
| 24. | Ethylene Dibromide | |
| 25. | TCA (Trichloro acetic acid) | |
| 26. | Metoxuron | |
| 27. | Chlorofenvinphos | |
| B. | Pesticide / Pesticide formulations banned for use but their manufacture is allowed for export (2 Nos.) | |
| 28. | Nicotin Sulfate | |
| 29. | Captafol 80% Powder | |
| C. | Pesticide formulations banned for import, manufacture and use (4 Nos) | |
| 1. | Methomyl 24% L | |
| 2. | Methomyl 12.5% L | |
| 3. | Phosphamidon 85% SL | |
| 4. | Carbofuron 50% SP | |
| D. | Pesticide Withdrawn(7 Nos) | |
| 1. | Dalapon | |
| 2. | Ferbam | |
| 3. | Formothion | |
| 4. | Nickel Chloride | |
| 5. | Paradichlorobenzene (PDCB) | |
| 6. | Simazine | |
| 7. | Warfarin | |
LIST OF PESTICIDES REFUSED REGISTRATION
| S.No. | Name of Pesticides |
| 1. | Calcium Arsonate |
| 2. | EPM |
| 3. | Azinphos Methyl |
| 4. | Lead Arsonate |
| 5. | Mevinphos (Phosdrin) |
| 6. | 2,4, 5-T |
| 7. | Carbophenothion |
| 8. | Vamidothion |
| 9. | Mephosfolan |
| 10. | Azinphos Ethyl |
| 11. | Binapacryl |
| 12. | Dicrotophos |
| 13. | Thiodemeton / Disulfoton |
| 14. | Fentin Acetate |
| 15. | Fentin Hydroxide |
| 16. | Chinomethionate (Morestan) |
| 17. | Ammonium Sulphamate |
| 18. | Leptophos (Phosvel) |
PESTICIDES RESTRICTED FOR USE IN INDIA
| S.No. | Name of Pesticides |
| 1. | Aluminium Phosphide |
| 2. | DDT |
| 3. | Lindane |
| 4. | Methyl Bromide |
| 5. | Methyl Parathion |
| 6. | Sodium Cyanide |
| 7. | Methoxy Ethyl Mercuric Chloride (MEMC) |
| 8. | Monocrotophos |
| 9. | Endosulfan |
| 10. | Fenitrothion |
| 11. | Diazinon |
| 12. | Fenthion |
| 13. | Dazomet |
