There are several other agrochemical molecules that are not yet classified as prohibited or dangerous, and their efficacy and security are under scientific review. | Photo credit: Vedhan M
In a step towards the monitoring of the use of agriculture chemicals by the tea industry in western Bengal, the government has asked all manufacturers and distributors of insecticides that supply pesticides to the gardens of tea in the state supply that supply the fingers of the list.
The state government has told all licenses holders to manufacture and distribute insecticides to treat this instruction as “extremely important and urgent”
The Western Bengal Labor Department had issued a notification of the Gazette last year to stop the sale of tea with pesticides prohibited by the Safety and Food Standards of India (FSSAI).
Tea Research Association (TRA), The Oldest and Premier Tea Research Organization in India, Said That the Steps Tasks by The West Bengal Government in Monitoring the Use of Restricted Chemicals Such As Monochrotophos, Accept, Fipronil Or Diners’s State Fortifuron and Dinessers Leve. OTHEMERS OR Fortifuron and Diners’s Formeluron and DiDer, Diners’s Formeluron and diarers, DiParte, DiParte, Formlurón and diners of diners, diners, formal and diners formelurons. The working group was a laudable step towards complying with agro chemical use by the tea industry in the state.
“It has been shown that these chemicals represent significant risks for both human health and for the environment and should be excluded from all agricultural operations within the tea sector,” said Tra Joydeep Phukan secretary in a letter to Bro -to Pant, West Bengal.
In the letter dated April 21, Phukan said that climate change resulted in growing temperatures and prolonged dry spells creating ideal conditions for the proliferation of pests and diseases. Although pest and disease outbreaks were previously observed, their intensity has increased dramatically in recent years. The main pests that affect tea plantations include tea mosquito insect (Helopeltis Theivora), Looper Caterpillar (Hyposidra Talaca), Green Fly (Empoasca Flavescens) and Thrips (Scirtothrips dorsalis).
The conformity with the estimates of the Board India, the loss of crops in the tea from January to July 2024 was around 13.44 percent compared to the previous year was mainly due to the climatic factors, the limitation of the maximum formits and the pending limits and the pending pending forms and pending pending pending pending pending pending pending pending and the pending pending forms pending pending pending pending and the pending pending forms
In the current year until April, there was an affect of the main pest attacks in the northern Bengala region.
“In the previous context, there are several other agrochemical molecules currently greedy in the market that do not have a label claim for tea use and submit to tests of assessing tests and data for the safety of Tra.
There are certain new generation chemicals, such as Chlorfenapyr, Tolfenpyroid and Solomon, for which they gene generate data for the presentation to the Registry Committee of the Central Insecticide Board (CIBRC). TRE has also asked the tea board to look for an ad hoc approach for chlorpenapyr due to its importance for export shipments to the EU, since neonicotinoids have the legs restricted by the European Commission.
In this context, TR has urged the Government of the Western Bengal State to consider: if there are no punitive measures against the use of agrochemicals that are currently in trial or evaluation and are not listed under PPC. And, if plantations are not penalized for the use of chemicals waiting for final regulatory decisions by CIBRC.
In the letter, Phukan added: “This balanced approach will help maintain the agronomic health of tea plantations without compliance or safety and will give time for scientific evaluation to guide future regulatory actions.”
Posted on April 23, 2025
