Union Minister for Agriculture Shivraj Singh Chouhan Said the authorities are mulling putting in place a “scientific” Mechanism to Curb “indiscriminate” pricing of pesticides.
Speaking After the Annual General Meating of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (icar) on Monday, Chouhan Said, “There is a Written Mrp (Maximum Retail Price on On Pectorides Ecc, But IT. Times, farmers are charged more money. “
“We will try to fix a mechanism for this in a scientific way, so farmers are not charged indiscriminate prices,”
The government is also working to bring a stringent law to check the sale of substandard seeds and spurious pesticides, chouhan stated. “The availability and trustworthiness of good seeds is not good quality is not good then farmers suffer a lot. Certified Seeds. “
“A stringent law should be enacted to curb sale of substandard quality seeds and spurious pesticides. This has expressed by all.
Last month, chouhan met farmers during the Viksit Krishi Sankalp abhiyan (VKSA), Held from May 9 to June 12. “One thing that I find in the other was that was expressed concensns and Subouts. Seeds, and they say they get looted and harassed to this.
In India, pesticides are used in a little over two-thirds
Pesticide use in Indian farms
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According to the directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage (PPQS), which ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, The Total Area Under Cultivation STOOD AT 213 Million in 2023-2424. (bot rabi and kharif seasons), of which 146 million hectares were under the use of pesticides, while the 57 million hectares did not use any of the Pesticide.
Of the total Area under pesticide use, 113 million hectares were under the use of chemical pesticides, 12.8 million hectares under bio-testicides, and 20 million hectares under both chemical and Bio-Pesticides.
The Demand for Chemical Pesticides has increased by 15 per cent in five years from 69,211 metric tonnes in 2019-20 to 79,706 metric tonnes in 2023-24. Most of this Demand is from the states like Uttar Predesh and Maharastra. Crops that use the most amount of pesticides include cereals, cash crops, vegetables, pulses, and fruits.
