DT
PT
Subscribe To Print Edition About The Tribune Code Of Ethics Download App Advertise with us Classifieds
search-icon-img
search-icon-img
Advertisement
PREMIUM Explainers Defence Photo Gallery Cricket Simply Punjab Simply Haryana UPSC
Home / Punjab / Punjab Government bans 11 pesticides for basmati crops

Punjab Government bans 11 pesticides for basmati crops

article_Author
Surinder Bhardwaj
Fatehgarh Sahib, Updated At : 02:00 AM Jun 14, 2025 IST
  • fb
  • twitter
  • whatsapp
  • whatsapp
featured-img featured-img
Photo for representational purpose.
Advertisement
Advertisement

The state government has imposed a complete ban on use of 11 pesticides on basmati crops.Chief Agriculture Officer Dr Gurnam Singh said problems were being faced in exporting basmati rice in which the presence of some pesticides exceeded the prescribed limit. Due to this, farmers were facing difficulty in getting good price for the produce, prompting the state government to impose a complete ban on the use of 11 pesticides on basmati crops.

He appealed to the farmers to not use acephate, buprofezin, chlorpyrifos, carbofuran, propiconazole, thiamethoxam, profenophos, imidacloprid, carbendazim, tricyclazole, tebuconazole and all their formulations, including mixtures, on the basmati crop.

Advertisement

He said dealers wishing to sell these banned pesticides for any other crop would have to record the name of the crop on the bill or cash memo. He added that all dealers in the district would have to keep a complete record of the sale of these 11 pesticides.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees.

The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the newspaper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

Copyright © The Tribune Trust, 2024
Designed and developed by : sortd
tlbr_img1 Classifieds tlbr_img2 Videos tlbr_img3 Premium tlbr_img4 E-Paper tlbr_img5 Shorts