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DRAFTS MINUTES OF 52nd MEETING OF THE CENTRAL INSECTICIDES BOARD (CIB) HELD ON 12.01.2016 at RESOURCE CENTRE, ROOM NO. 445, ‘A’ WING, NIRMAN BHAWAN, NEW DELHI. The 52nd Meeting of Central Insecticides Board (CIB) was held on 12.01.2016 at 11.00 AM at Resource Centre, Room No. 445, ‘A’ Wing, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi under the chairmanship of Dr. Jagdish Prasad, Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. Since the quorum was not complete, meeting was adjourned for half an hour and reconvened at 11.30AM, The list of the participants is at Annexure-I. The Chairman welcomed the participants. After formal self-introduction by the participants, the Chairman requested the APPA & Secretary, CIB & RC, to present the agenda. After detailed deliberation on each issue, the following decisions were taken: - Agenda Item No. 1: Confirmation of minutes of 51st meeting of CIB held on 04.03.2015 As no comments were received on the minutes, the st minutes of 51 meeting of Central Insecticides Board were confirmed. Agenda Item No. 2: Follow up action on the decisions of 51st meeting of the CIB. The Board noted the follow up actions on the decisions st of 51 meeting with satisfaction and appreciated the efforts made to complete the action in time bound manner. Agenda Item No. 3: Progress report of the Registration Committee, Central Insecticides Laboratory and Regional Pesticides Testing Laboratories. a. Registration Committee: The Board was happy to note the progress of the Sectt. of CIB&RC and burst in to applaud and congratulated the APPA & Secretary, CIB&RC for achieving this mile stone while bringing the pendency at a very manageable level. b. Central Insecticides Laboratory (CIL): The Board noted the progress of the CIL with satisfaction. c. Progress report of Techno-Legal Cell at Headquarter, Faridabad: The progress of Techno-Legal Cell was appreciated by the Board and appreciated the efforts made by the PPA for stringent and quick action in supervising the implementation of the Insecticides Act, 1968. It was also appreciated that remarkable improvement has been made in launching of prosecution under the Insecticides Act, against the defaulters. Agenda Item No. 4: Application for inclusion of substances in the Schedule to the Insecticides Act, 1968. & Agenda Item No. The Board deliberated the agenda in detail and decided to include the molecule in the schedule to the Insecticides Act, 4(a): 1968 as proposed in the agenda with slight correction in the name of applicant i.e. M/s. Camlin Fine Science Ltd., Andheri (E), Mumbai in respect of N-Methyl Phosphonic Chitosan. The complete & approved list is annexed as Annexure – II Agenda Item No. 5: Consolidated revised and corrected list of pesticides Molecule included in the Schedule to the Insecticides Act, 1968 from time to time on the basis of different Notification- reg The Board deliberated the agenda in detail and appreciated the efforts made by the Sectt. of CIB&RC in compiling the Palaeotechnic information in a comprehensive and consolidated form. The Board approved the corrected list as proposed in the agenda of the Molecules already included in to the Schedule to the Insecticides Act, 1968 with IUPAC name, CAS Name & CAS No. which were not earlier appearing in the Schedule, accordingly corrected list along with IUPAC Name, CAS Number and CAS Name may be notified by the Govt. (Annexure-III). It was also observed by the Board that fifteen names in the Schedule are looking like trade name and much information is not available about these molecules in the public domain, therefore, it was decided that a separate public notice may be issued on the website of Sectt. of CIB&RC for seeking information from the stake holders within one month before sending the matter to DAC&FW for notification by the Govt. The names of the products is as under: 1. Metox 2. Zimet 3. Zulate 4. Brozone 5. Chlorofenethol (BCPE) 6. Citicide 7. Coyden 8. Dikar 9. Flucarbimat 10. Boscalid. 11. Campogram M 12. Dikar 13. Menap 14. Sindone A 15. Flucarbimat Agenda Amendment in Chapter IX of the Insecticides Rules, 1971 Item No. 6.0 sub Rule 45 related to notification of places at which insecticides may be imported. The agenda was deliberated in details, in view of communication received from Ministry of Shipping. Board decided that a proposal may be sent to DAC&FW for amendments in the Rule 45 as under: 1. New ports for allowing imports of pesticides at Paradip Port(PPT), Visakhapatanam (VPT), New Mangalore(NMPT) in respect of import of pesticides in to India by Sea may be added. 2. The name of the West Pakistan to Pakistan & East Pakistan to Bangladesh, therefore suitable correction in Rule 45 be incorporated. 3. Name of Madras, Calcutta, and Bombay in respect of insecticides imported by air in to India has been changed to Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai, respectively, therefore suitable correction in Rule 45 be incorporated. Agenda Consideration of amendments in the rules & forms vide Item No. 7.0 notification No. GSR 840 (E) dated 05.11.2015 by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. The agenda was deliberated in detail and approved the same with suggestion of minor corrections in the prescribed qualification for the Pesticides manufacturer and dealer as under: 1. For manufacturer of technical grade pesticides:- Doctorate in Chemistry/Agriculture Chemistry or M.Tech/M.S. in Chemical Engineering. 2. For manufacturer of Pesticide formulation:- Graduate Degree in Agriculture/Science with Chemistry as one of the subject. Additional Agenda Consideration of Amendments in the Insecticides Rules- Item No. 7.(a). 1971 regarding E filing of applications vide Notification GSR No. 654 (E) dated 25th August 2015 by Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare. The agenda was deliberated in details and the Board appreciated the concerted evolutionary efforts made by the APPA & Secretary in achieving the mile stone for implementing complete paperless registration under 9(4) formulation indigenous manufacturing (FIM) for boosting the Pesticides industry while providing the latest technology and modern facilities to support “Make in India” and “Ease of doing Business”. The Amendment was approved by the Board. Agenda Item No. 8 : Assigning of color of identification band (Toxicity Triangle) on label and classification of pesticides as per Toxicity -reg. The agenda was deliberated in details and approved the change of color of toxicity triangle as proposed in the Agenda for 255 formulations and also for 60 other additional pesticides which was approved in the fourth meeting of the Expert Committee. List is annexed as Annexure-IV The Board also noted the need for amendments in the toxicity classification as given in the Insecticides Rules, 1971 and decided that same Expert Committee should deliberate and suggest the amendments required in the classification. Agenda Item No. 9 : Waiting period/pre-harvest interval between application and harvest w.r.t. New Formulations u/s 9(3) and label Expansion of already registered formulations. Noted. Agenda Item No. Reconsideration of Nitrobenzene for inclusion in to the 10 : Schedule to the Insecticides Act, 1968. The members deliberated the agenda in detail and reiterated the decision taken in 51st meeting of Board on the basis of information provided by the Sectt. of CIB&RC. It was further decided that the Govt. may be requested to notified the molecule as early as possible. Agenda Item No.11: Any other item with the permission of Chair It was informed that M/s. EID parry (India) Ltd has applied for grant of approval of enhancement of Shelf life of Neem Extract concentrates containing Azadirechtin 5.0% w/w min and Neem based EC formulation containing Azadirechtin 1.00% min. As per guidelines prior approval of CIB is mandatory for generation of data for S/L enhancement and one of the locations must be CIL. The applicant has stated that inadvertently they have generated the data at three agroclimatic zones without prior permission of Board. Neem is a botanical product and is very stable in nature. They further stated that the S/L of the Neem based product of other manufactures is already two years, therefore ex post facto approval may be granted to process their case for scrutiny. The Board agreed to the request and granted ex-post facto approval for further process of the case. The meeting ended with the vote of thanks to Chair ****** Annexure-I ATTENDENCE SHEET List of the members who attended the 52nd Central Insecticide Board (CIB) meeting held on 12th January, 2016 11.00 AM in DGHS Conference Room No.445 ‘A’ Wing, Resource Centre, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi. S.No. Name & address 1. Dr. Jagdish Prasad, Director, DGHS& Chairman, C.I.B. 2. Dr. P.K.Chakrabarty, ADG, ICAR, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi 3. Dr. S.N. Sushil, PPA, DPPQ&S 4. Dr. Shalini Chawla, Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College 5. Dr. B.S. Phogat, APPA&Secretary, CIB&RC 6. Dr. S Kulshrestha, Consultant(Pharma) 7. Dr. Sarita Bhalla, Sp. Gr.I 8. Dr. D.P. Nagdeve, JD(WS) 9. Dr. Harish Chandra, JD(E) 10. Ms. Kamlesh Miglani, DDI 11. Dr. T.A. Usmani, JD(PP) 12. Dr. Punjab Sing Nain, Dy.Director (PP), CIL, DPPQ&S 13. Dr. Vasudha Goutam, AD(E) 14. Shri Abhisekh, AD I 15. Shri S.K. Dutta, Asstt. Commissioner, D/o Animal Husbandry (Fishries),(AHD) 16. Shri Navneet Pratap Singh, ADC(I), O/o DCG(I) 17. Mrs. Rubina Bose, DD(I), DCG (I) 18. Dr. S. Gupta, Joint Commissioner (I&RI), D/o Food & PD, Krishi Bhawan 19. Dr. L.J. Kantekar, Jt. Director & Head, Centre for Medical Entomology And Vector Management, National Centre for Diseas Control,22, Sham Nath Marg, Delhi-110054, Delhi-110054 20.