The committee headed by Dr. Anupam Verma, Former Professor, Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI), was constituted to carry out technical review of 66 pesticides that are banned, restricted, withdrawn in one or more countries but continued to be registered in India.
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Supreme Court Banned Endosulfan (2015) SC on hearing a public interest litigation filed by the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI- Kerala wing) seeking a ban on the toxic pesticide, had banned the manufacture, sale, use and export of Endosulfan citing its harmful effects on humans. |
