CENTRAL INSECTICIDES BOARD BEGINS COMPUTERIZED
REGISTRATION OF PESTICIDES: WEBSITE ON REGISTRATION LAUNCHED
The Secretary, Department of Agriculture &
Cooperation, Shri J.N.L. Srivastava inaugurated the computerized
registration of pesticides in the Secretariat of Central Insecticides
Board & Registration Committee at Faridabad today. The project
costing over Rs. 46 lakhs has been executed by the NIC. Its major
components include customized software, training facility, local
area network and V-Sat.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Srivastava said
that the computerized generation of registration certificates
by the Central Insecticides Board & Registration Committee
will bring in greater efficiency and transparency. It will help
the entrepreneurs who seek the registration of pesticides and
have already been granted certificate of registration under the
Insecticides Act. The computerized registration facility will
also save much of the time of experts who could devote their time
on scrutinizing of cases of new molecules of pesticides and new
formulations so that new pesticide molecules become available
for use in the country.
On this occasion the Secretary also launched
the Web-site of the Registration Secretariat. The site is available
on www.cibrc.nic.in. The
site hosts a multitude of information including the Insecticides
Act, 1968, the Rules there under, Registration Committee guidelines
for registration, data/information required under different categories
of registration, etc. which are going to be of immense use to
both pesticide industries as well as the agriculturists. The computerization
of the Secretariat and the Website also open up the possibility
for making available the status of all the files on line.
The Central Insecticides Board has been constituted
to advice Central and State Governments on technical matters arising
out of administration of the Insecticides Act, 1968. The Insecticides
Act was enacted with the objective to regulate the import, manufacture,
sale, transport, distribution and use of insecticides with a view
to prevent risk to human beings or animals and for matters connected
therewith. The Registration Committee has been created to register
pesticides after satisfying about their bio-efficacy, against
target pests and safety to human beings, animal and the environment.
