**Executive Summary**
This notification, published on March 6, 2026, amends a previous notification from 1971 regarding the Central Insecticides Board. It nominates new members to the Board for a period of three years from the date of publication, making specific substitutions for existing entries.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Amendment of Principal Notification:** This notification amends the principal notification published on March 1, 1971, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide G.S.R. 301(E).
* **Nomination of New Members:** The Central Government nominates new persons as members to the Central Insecticides Board.
* **Term of Nomination:** The nominated members will serve for a period of three years from the date of publication of this notification.
* **Specific Substitutions:** The notification details specific substitutions for serial numbers (xvii), (xviii), (xix)(b), and (xx) and their corresponding entries.
* Serial number (xvii) is replaced with the Director of Health Services, Directorate of Health Services, Government of Odisha.
* Serial number (xviii) is replaced with the Director of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Government of Maharashtra, and the Director of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Government of Tamil Nadu.
* Serial number (xix)(b) is replaced with Dr. Bhavesh Modi, Director, ICMR-National Institute of Occupational Hazard (NIOH), Ahmedabad.
* Serial number (xx) is replaced with Dr. D. Srinivasa Reddy, Director, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad.
* **Last Amendment:** The principal notification was last amended on January 6, 2026, vide S.O. 90 (E).
**Impact Analysis**
**Central Insecticides Board**
* **Impact:** The composition of the Central Insecticides Board will be updated with the newly nominated members, replacing previous ones for a term of three years.
* **Action Required:** None explicitly mentioned for the Board itself, but the changes to its membership are now in effect.
**Newly Nominated Members**
* **Impact:** These individuals are appointed as members of the Central Insecticides Board for a three-year term.
* **Action Required:** They are now part of the Central Insecticides Board and are expected to fulfill their responsibilities as members.
**Previously Listed Members (Now Replaced)**
* **Impact:** Their membership on the Central Insecticides Board has been superseded by the new nominations.
* **Action Required:** None explicitly mentioned.
Key Entities Referenced
Insecticides Act, 1968 (46 of 1968): The primary law under which the notification is issued, particularly Section 4.
Central Insecticides Board: The body whose members are being nominated by this notification.
G.S.R. 301(E): The principal notification that is being amended by the current notification, establishing the Central Insecticides Board.
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare: The ministry issuing the notification.
MUKTANAND AGRAWAL: Joint Secretary (Plant Protection) and signatory of the notification.
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EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (ii)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 1125] नई किल्ली, िुक्रिार, माच च6, 2026/फाल्ग नु 15, 1947
No. 1125] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2026/PHALGUNA 15, 1947
कृजि और ककसान कल्याण मत्रं ालय
(कृजि और ककसान कल्याण जिभाग)
अजधसचू ना
नई किल्ली, 6 माच,च 2026
का.आ. 1177(अ).— केंद्रीय सरकार, कीटनािक अजधजनयम, 1968 (1968 का 46) की धारा 4 द्वारा प्रित्त
िजियों का प्रयोग करते हुए, इस अजधसूचना के प्रकािन की तारीख से तीन ििच की अिजध के जलए केंद्रीय कीटनािक बोड च
के सिस्ट्यों के रूप में जनम्नजलजखत व्यजियों को नामजनिेजित करती ह ैऔर इस प्रयोिन के जलए भारत सरकार की तत्कालीन
खाद्य, कृजि, सामुिाजयक जिकास और सहकाररता मंत्रालय (कृजि जिभाग) की, भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग II,
खंड 3, उपखडं (i) तारीख 1 माचच, 1971 में प्रकाजित अजधसूचना सा.का.जन. 301(अ) तारीख 27 फरिरी, 1971 म ें
जनम्नजलजखत और संिोधन करती है, अर्ाचत ्ः-
उि अजधसूचना में,-
(क) क्रम संख्या (xvii) और उससे संबंजधत प्रजिजियों के स्ट्र्ान पर, जनम्नजलजखत क्रम संख्या और प्रजिजियााँ रखी िाएगं ी,
अर्ाचत: -
1614 GI/2026 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
(xvii) स्ट्िास्ट््य सेिा जनिेिक, स्ट्िास्ट््य सेिा जनिेिालय,
ओजडिा सरकार, जद्वतीय तल, स्ट्िास्ट््य जनिेिालय,
एचओडी जबलल्डंग, भुिनश्वे र, ओजडिा ;
(ख) क्रम संख्या (xviii) और उससे संबंजधत प्रजिजियों के स्ट्र्ान पर, जनम्नजलजखत क्रम संख्या और प्रजिजियााँ रखी िाएंगी,
अर्ाचत: -
"(xviii)(क) कृजि जनिेिक, कृजि जिभाग, महाराष्ट्र
सरकार, कृजि आयिु ालय, जद्वतीय तल, केंद्रीय भिन, पणु े
स्ट्टेिन, पणु े, महाराष्ट्र
(ख) कृजि जनिेिक, कृजि जिभाग, तजमलनाडु सरकार, 1,
िालािा रोड, पी.डब्लल्य.ूडी. एस्ट्टेट, चेपॉक, चेन्नई,
तजमलनाडु";
(ग) क्रम संख्या (xix)(ख) और उससे संबंजधत प्रजिजियों के स्ट्र्ान पर जनम्नजलजखत क्रम संख्या तर्ा प्रजिजियााँ रखी िाएंगी,
अर्ाचत: -
(xix)(ख) डॉ. भािेि मोिी, जनििे क, आईसीएमआर-राष्ट्रीय
उपिीजिकािन्य िोजखम संस्ट्र्ान (एनआईओएच),
अहमिाबाि";
(घ) क्रम सख्ं या (xx) और उससे संबंजधत प्रजिजियों के स्ट्र्ान पर, जनम्नजलजखत क्रम संख्या और प्रजिजियााँ रखी िाएंगी, अर्ाचत: -
"(xx) डॉ. डी. श्रीजनिास रेड्डी, जनिेिक, िैज्ञाजनक और
औद्योजगक अनुसंधान पररिि-भारतीय रासायजनक
प्रौद्योजगकी संस्ट्र्ान, हिै राबाि"
[फा. सं. 13029/02/2019-पीपी-1-भाग(1)]
मक्ु त ानंि अग्रिाल, संयुक्त सजचि (पौध संरक्षण)
रटप्पण: मलू अजधसूचना भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग II, खडं 3, उपखंड (i) में संख्यांक सा.का.जन. 301 (अ),
तारीख 1 माचच, 1971 द्वारा प्रकाजित की गई र्ी और संख्यांक का.आ. 90 (अ), तारीख 6 िनिरी, 2026 द्वारा
अंजतम बार संिोजधत की गई र्ी।[भाग II—खण् ड 3(ii)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
(Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 6th March, 2026
S.O. 1177(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 4 of the Insecticides Act, 1968 (46 of 1968),
the Central Government hereby nominates the following persons as members to the Central Insecticides Board for a
period of three years from the date of publication of this notification and for this purpose makes the following further
amendments in the notification of the Government of India, in the erstwhile Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Community
Development and Cooperation (Department of Agriculture), dated the 27th February, 1971, published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 301(E), dated the 1st March, 1971, namely:-
In the said notification,-
(a) for serial number (xvii) and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be substituted,
namely:-
“(xvii) Director of Health Services, Directorate of
Health Services, Government of Odisha, 2nd Floor,
Health Directorate, HOD Building, Bhubaneswar,
Odisha”;
(b) for serial number (xviii) and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be substituted,
namely:-
“(xviii)(a) Director of Agriculture, Department of
Agriculture, Government of Maharashtra,
Commissionerate of Agriculture, 2nd floor, Central
Building, Pune station, Pune, Maharashtra
(b) Director of Agriculture, Department of
Agriculture, Government of Tamil Nadu, 1, Wallaja
Road, PWD Estate, Chepauk, Chennai, Tamil Nadu”;
(c) for serial number (xix)(b) and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be substituted,
namely:-
“(xix)(b) Dr. Bhavesh Modi, Director, ICMR-
National Institute of Occupational Hazard (NIOH),
Ahmedabad”;
(d) for serial number (xx) and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be substituted,
namely:-
“(xx) Dr. D. Srinivasa Reddy, Director, Council of
Scientific & Industrial Research-Indian Institute of
Chemical Technology, Hyderabad”
[F. No. 13029/02/2019-PP-I-Part(1)]
MUKTANAND AGRAWAL, Jt. Secy. (Plant protection)
Note: The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3,
Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 301(E), dated the 01st March, 1971 and last amended vide number
S.O. 90 (E), dated the 06th January, 2026.
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