Difficult question to answer. Regulated pesticide use in India is lower in volume than many other countries, even in Latin America. But a lot of EU- and US-banned ingredients are in use in India, including ingredients at various levels of hazardous like acetochlor, warfarin, bendiocarb.
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Difficult question to answer. Regulated pesticide use in India is lower in volume than many other countries, even in Latin America. But a lot of EU- and US-banned ingredients are in use in India, including ingredients at various levels of hazardous like acetochlor, warfarin, bendiocarb.
These papers might help:
https://botanyjournals.com/assets/archives/2025/vol10issue8/10090.pdf
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11615616/
Also, pesticides are not just an agrarian issue in India. Their use is more prevalent and causes other issues.
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/pesticides-in-india-have-moved-from-farm-tools-to-unregulated-hazards-in-everyday-life
But the goverment has proposed a new pesticide policy last month to unify all pesticides under one law. Draft policy is here.
https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2026/jan/doc202617752901.pdf
And if you want a list of all pesticides available in India for agricultiure, its is here.
https://www.global-agriculture.com/major-use-of-pesticides-in-india-crop-wise-label-claim-ppqs/
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