 bill no 153 of 2014 the banning of harmful pesticides bill, 2014 byshri p karunakaran, mpa billto ban the use of harmful pesticidesbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of  india as follows:—2 the central government shall, within a period of one year from the date of coming into force of this  act, take such measures as it may deem fit for banning the use of harmful pesticides and pesticides formulations specified in the schedule to this act in agriculture and such other practices in such manner as may be prescribed by rules made under this actbanning of use of harmful pesticides and pesticides formulations53 the provisions of this act shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other law for the time being in forceact not in derogation of any other law for the time being in force power to make rules4 (1) the central government may, by notification in the gazette of india, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act1015(2) every rule made under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rulethe  schedule[see section 2]35 kasugamycin 36 linuron 37 lindane 38 methomyl 39 methoxyethylmercury chloride 40 methyl parathion 41 malathion 42 mancozeb 43 mepiquat chloride 44 metaldehyde 45 monocrotophos 46 oxyfluorfen 47 paraquat dichloride 48 pendimethalin 49 phorate 50 phosphamidon 51 pretilachlor 52 propargite 53 propineb 54 quinalphos 55 sodium cyanide 56 sulfosulfuron 57 thiodicarb58 thiometon 59 thiophanate methyl 60 thiram 61 triazophos 62 trichlorfon 63 tridemorph 64 trifluralin 65 zinc phosphide 66 zineb 67 ziram1 acephate 2 alachlor 3 aluminum phosphide 4 atrazine 5 benfuracarb 6 benomyl 7 bifenthrin 8 butachlor 9 captan10 carbaryl 11 carbendazim 12 carbofuran 13 chlorefenapyr 14 carbosulfan 15 chlorothalonil 16 chlorpyriphos 17 dezomet 18 dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane 19 deltamethrin 20 diazinon 21 dichlorovos 22 dicofol 23 diflubenzuron24 dimethoate 25 dinocap 26 diuron 27 endosulfan 28 etofenprox 29 fenpropathrin 30 fenarimol 31 fenitrothion 32 fenthion 33 iprodione 34 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid statement of objects and reasonsthe problem of pests in agriculture, which resulted in decline of production of various crops and some time even destruction of entire crop, has been addressed, to a great extent, by the use of pesticides however, the use of pesticides is detrimental not only to human but also to the environment this threat to human and environment by the use of pesticides needs our serious attention because the harmful effects of pesticides come to the fore after a time lag which may be few years or longer therefore, there is a necessity to ban the use of such pesticides which are severely harmful to human as well as environment further, the use of pesticides may also stunt the mental and physical health of children who are exposed to such pesticides thereby affecting the future generations of the country even before they are born all the more pivotal point is that many harmful pesticides which have been banned internationally are not banned in indiain view of the facts stated above, the bill seeks to ban the use of certain harmful pesticidesnew delhi;p karunakarannovember 7, 2014 memorandum   regarding   delegated  legislationclause 4 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character lok  sabha——————abillto ban the use of harmful pesticides————(shri p karunakaran, mp)gmgipmrnd—2782ls(s-4)—02-12-2014