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| Title | Expansion of Plant Quarantine Facilities in India |
| Type | Central Sector Scheme |
| Objectives | - To prevent introduction of exotic pests inimical to Indian Fauna and Flora - To assist the foreign Governments’ as an international obligation, making arrangements for issuance of Phytosanitary Certificates for exportable plants/plant materials. |
| Salient features | - Enforcement of Destructive Insects & Pests Act, 1914, and the Plant Quarantine Regulations entitled “The Plants, Fruits and Seeds (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 1989” issued thereunder. - Regulation of import of plants and plant materials including seeds, fruits, soil living insects, fungi, etc. - Quarantine inspection/treatment and release of the imported materials if found free from exotic pests, or otherwise deport/destroy. - Issuance of Phytosanitary Certificates for exportable agricultural commodities in compliance with the provisions of International Plant Protection Convention, 1951 of FAO. |
| Pattern of assistance | 100% grant by Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India |
| Procedure to apply | The statutory provisions under DIP Act, 1914 and PFS Order, 1989 are implemented through 26 Plant Quarantine Stations situated at 10 international airports, 9 seaports and 7 at land frontiers. |
| Person to be contacted | The Joint
Secretary Plant Protection Division Department of Agriculture & Cooperation Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi 110001. |
| Date of start/duration | 1948 |
| Implementation status | The powers delegated under DIP Act, 1914 & PFS Order, 1989 are implemented by the officers & staff of 26 Plant Quarantine Stations situated all over the country at all international airports/seaports & land frontiers. |
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