Pesticide Management Bill 2020 must address important concerns

This is because agriculture in India is largely dependent on chemicals including pesticides and their usage has a huge impact on the health of …

India bans 18 pesticides, has many more to go

The ban is delayed and addresses only a part of the problem of toxic pesticides in India

Civil society praises Centre’s draft order banning 27 pesticides

The pesticides in question continue to be used in India, but are already banned, restricted or withdrawn in other countries 

To bring back bees, European commission to impose temporary ban on neonicotinoid pesticide use in farms

Move to be reviewed after two years