JAMMU: A meeting with Pesticide manufacturers/distributes was held today under the chairmanship of Director Law Enforcement, J & K, B. K. Chandan, here at Krishi Bhawan, Talab Tillo, to review the supply of quality Plant Protection Chemicals in Jammu Division.
Plant Protection Officer, Devinder Sharma; Agriculture Chemist, Surishta Devi; Assistant Director Law Enforcement, Roshan Lal Bhagat; Assistant Agriculture Chemist, P. P. Singh and representatives of the PP Chemical manufacturing units, beside distributers of Jammu Division attended the meeting.
The Director Law Enforcement highlighted the importance of quality PP Chemicals in agriculture/ horticulture sector and instructed the representatives of manufacturing units to ensure the supply of good quality plant protection material to the farmers.
Interacting with the officers and pesticide company representatives, he called for strict adherence to norms and laws mentioned in seed/ Fertilizer/ Pesticide Acts while manufacturing and supply of Agri-Inputs for the betterment of farming community.
Deliberating on various issues, the Plant Protection officer instructed the manufacturers and distributors to ensure timely filing of monthly sale returns as per format and avoid supply of products without quality test reports from the manufacturers. He stressed on display of price lists and to fulfill all other necessary parameters entrusted in Insecticide Act.
Later, Director Law Enforcement also chaired a review meeting and took stock of the functioning of Law enforcement Agency of the department.
Assistant Director Law Enforcement informed that 743 inspections under insecticide Act were conducted this year till date, while 589 seed samples and 106 fertilizer samples were lifted from different suppliers during this period.