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Pesticide manufacturers person demanded stricter regulations for the merchantability of pesticides done e-commerce platforms. CropLife India, an relation of pesticide companies, asked the Union Government to code the emerging risks linked to online merchantability “clearly and explicitly” successful the Draft Pesticides Management Bill. The manufacture representatives placed their concerns earlier the Union Government astatine the “National Conference connected Crop Protection Products Sale connected E-Commerce Platforms” held present connected Wednesday.
Talking to reporters, Ankur Aggarwal, Chairman, CropLife India said respective companies person filed cases against unauthorised merchantability of pesticides done e-commerce platforms. “This is simply a regulated industry, which is acrophobic astir information of farmers and harvest performance. We tin precise conveniently accidental that it’s a user decision, but we don’t privation our farmers to suffer. There are galore instances wherever unauthorised products person been recovered being listed successful e-commerce platforms. It is simply a substance of concern. If the authorisation missive is missing, past it becomes an unauthorised product, irrespective of the information whether the merchandise is genuine oregon not genuine. Companies person sent them notices, person affable conversations and person resorted to ineligible course,” helium said adding that determination are astir 250,000 pesticide retailers successful the state and astir 175,000 are progressive pesticide dealers.
Addressing the conference, Union Agriculture Commissioner PK Singh said the basal compliance checks by e-commerce platforms specified arsenic GST documents of sellers whitethorn not beryllium capable erstwhile hazardous agri-inputs are sold online. He added that determination is simply a the request for stronger prime assurance, traceability and supply-chain accountability and said these issues merit information nether the Pesticides Management Bill, 2025.
Mr. Aggarwal added that the companies are are not against the merchantability of pesticides connected e-commerce platforms. “Tackling unauthorised products remains a shared precedence for policymakers and the harvest extortion manufacture and is captious for husbandman safety, nutrient information and user trust,” helium said.
