Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Baiju K G & Others Vs Dr. V P Joy dated 18/08/2022. The matter related to medical and healthcare facilities available for the Endosulfan affected areas of Kasargod. The counsel representing the victims of Endosulfan (petitioners) submit that there …
Ten-member Central team holds talks with doctors KASARAGOD: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General Viswa Mohan Katoch has said that steps will be initiated to mitigate the plight of endosulfan victims and their families. The authorities would take steps within two months to address the health hazards faced by …
Thrissur: Agriculture Minister K.P. Mohanan said here on Tuesday that the State would intensify raid against endosulfan. In the wake of the reports that endosulfan was being used in the boarder areas of the State, he said that immediate steps would be taken to prevent the smuggling of endosulfan from …
Namakkal: General Secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) K. Varadharajan said that the Tamil Nadu Vivasayegal Sangam (TNVS) that is affiliated to the AIKS and the Tamil Nadu Science Forum would jointly conduct an inclusive field study on the ill effects of endosulfan on farmers, crops, soil, consumers …
Minister says government committed to organic farming Decontamination of soil to be part of package Decision on farmers' pension scheme to be taken THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Agriculture Minister K.P. Mohanan said here on Monday that the government was committed to carrying forward the organic farming policy brought in by the previous government. …
Kerala on Thursday sought Central assistance of Rs.375 crore for disbursing compensation to the people hit by the ill-effects of endosulfan. It also proposed building a super-specialty hospital for the victims. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who arrived here in the morning, raised the issue before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when …
VELLORE: The Organic Farming Organisation, Vellore, has appealed to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to ban the use of endosulfan, a harmful pesticide, in Tamil Nadu. In a memorandum to the Chief Minister, president of the organisation G.S. Purushothaman said the pesticide had been banned in more than 80 countries …
Around 51 agricultural foods are contaminated with pesticide residues and of these, 20 per cent has pesticide residues more than the maximum residue limit in India. India produces 85,000 tonnes of pesticides every year. The pesticide endosulfan was recently banned by the government, but many other chemical pesticides continue to …
BHUBANESWAR: Farmer rights activists have urged the State Government to implement the Supreme Court ban on Endosulfan. Emboldened by the apex court order, organisations working for farmers said agriculturists in Orissa are using Endosulfan, an off-patent organochlorine insecticide. Several studies have documented that Endosulfan affects human development and causes genetic …
Next of kin of deceased victims to get Rs.1 lakh Oommen Chandy to visit Kasaragod again Comprehensive relief package for living victims THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Cabinet on Wednesday decided to enhance the assistance to the next of kin of deceased victims of endosulfan to Rs.1 lakh. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told …
VIRUDHUNAGAR: Distribution and retail sale of Endosulfan pesticide have been banned, Virudhunagar Collector, V.K. Shanmugam has said. In a statement, the Collector said that the Supreme Court had given interim injunction on sale of the pesticide on May 13. All the pesticide retail outlets have been warned against the sale …
THENI: Stocking, sale and use of Endosalfan has been completely banned in the district following a decree from the Supreme Court. Action will be taken against those engaging in stocking, sale and use of this pesticide, according to agriculture officials here on Monday. Periodical checks and surprise raids will be …
UNION agriculture minister Sharad Pawar is rooting for endosulfan just before the fifth Conference of Parties (COP) of the Stockholm Convention meets in Geneva in April-end to decide the fate of the pesticide. There seems to be a pattern in Pawar’s resistance to banning endosulfan. Replying to a question in …
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed today’s Supreme Court order banning the use, sale, production and export of endosulfan with immediate effect. This landmark judgment comes on the heels of India’s grudging acceptance at the Stockholm Convention that endosulfan is a serious health hazard and that it should …
Order of the Supreme Court dated 13/05/2011 in W.P (C) No. 213 of 2011 Democratic Youth Federation of India Versus Union of India in the matter of endosulfan use.
The Supreme Court Friday banned the production, distribution and use of endosulfan because the pesticide has debilitating effects on humans and the environment. A three-judge bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Swatanter Kumar passed the order after hearing a petition filed by the Democratic Youth …
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday banned manufacture, sale and use of toxic pesticide endosulfan in the country. The apex court said the ban would remain effective for 8 weeks during which an expert committee headed by DG, ICMR, will give an interim report to the court about the …
Farmers and pesticide bodies today said the Supreme Court order banning the production, sale and use of Endosulfan ahead of the coming kharif season would harm the interests of growers, particularly those with small holdings, and hoped the ban does not continue for long. Reacting to the apex court's order …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday banned the manufacture, sale, use and export of endosulfan throughout the country, citing its harmful health effects. Read also: Supreme Court order The ban would remain effective till the time the joint committee formed under the aegis of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) …
Centre, Makers Get Two Days To File Reply New Delhi: Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the Union government and pesticide manufacturers two days to present cogent grounds to convince it against slapping an interim countrywide ban on the production of the widely used toxic pest killer endosulfan. An SC bench …
