India Approves Eight New Agrochemical Products at 475th Registration Committee Meeting
27 August 2026, New Delhi: India’s Registration Committee (RC) approved eight applications covering new agrochemicals / formulations and technical material at its 475th meeting. The approvals span herbicides, fungicides and insecticides for a broad range of crops, including rice, onion, sorghum, soybean, cotton, groundnut, potato, grapes, apple, brinjal, cabbage, chilli, okra, red gram, tomato and rose. Most of the decisions relate to indigenous manufacture under Section 9(3) of the Insecticides Act, 1968, reflecting the continuing expansion of India’s domestic crop protection manufacturing portfolio.
Broad Range of Crop Protection Approvals
The committee approved Fluroxypyr-meptyl 45.5% EC from Agrow Allied Ventures Private Ltd. for weed control in onion; Pyraclostrobin 75 g/L + Tricyclazole 150 g/L ZC from BASF India Limited for rice blast; and Fluxapyroxad 333 g/L FS from Seedlings India Private Limited for a range of seed- and soil-related diseases across sorghum, soybean, cotton, groundnut and potato. It also approved Fluxapyroxad 75 g/L + Difenoconazole 50 g/L SC from Ichiban Crop Science Limited for powdery mildew in grapes and scab and powdery mildew in apple. Seedlings India Private Limited received approval for Fluxametamide 10% w/w EC targeting multiple insect pests in brinjal, cabbage, chilli, okra, red gram and tomato. Deccan Fine Chemicals (India) Private Limited was approved for technical indigenous manufacture of Isopyrazam Technical 92.00% w/w minimum, while SML Limited received approval for Sulphur 60% + Spiromesifen 3.8% WDG for disease and mite management in okra, brinjal and rose. The committee also approved Willowood Chemicals Ltd.’s Flonicamid 4% + Chlorantraniliprole 4% + Pymetrozine 12% SC for management of major rice pests including planthoppers, leaf folder and stem borer.
Full List of Approvals
| Applicant | Active Ingredient / Product | Formulation | Registration Route | Crop(s) | Target Pest / Disease / Weed |
| Agrow Allied Ventures Private Ltd. | Fluroxypyr-meptyl 45.5% | 45.5% EC | Section 9(3), FIM (FIM vs FI) | Onion | Amaranthus viridis, Anagalis arvensis, Chenopodium album, Euphorbia spp., Parthenium hysterophorus, Physalis minima, Trianthema spp. |
| BASF India Limited | Pyraclostrobin 75 g/L + Tricyclazole 150 g/L | ZC | Section 9(3), FIM (FIM vs FI) | Rice | Blast disease |
| Seedlings India Private Limited | Fluxapyroxad 333 g/L | FS | Section 9(3), FIM (FIM vs FI) | Sorghum, soybean, cotton, groundnut, potato | Anthracnose on sorghum; Rhizoctonia root rot and cotyledonary spot on soybean; seedling disease of cotton; Aspergillus black rot of groundnut; black scurf of potato |
| Ichiban Crop Science Limited | Fluxapyroxad 75 g/L + Difenoconazole 50 g/L | SC | Section 9(3), FIM (FIM vs FI) | Grapes, apple | Powdery mildew of grapes; scab and powdery mildew of apple |
| Seedlings India Private Limited | Fluxametamide 10% w/w | EC | Section 9(3), FIM (FIM vs FI) | Brinjal, cabbage, chilli, okra, red gram, tomato | Leafhopper, thrips, fruit and shoot borer on brinjal; diamondback moth, tobacco caterpillar and semilooper on cabbage; thrips, fruit borer and tobacco caterpillar on chilli; leafhopper, thrips and fruit borer on okra; spotted pod borer and pod borer on red gram; thrips and fruit borer on tomato |
| Deccan Fine Chemicals (India) Private Limited | Isopyrazam Technical 92.00% w/w min. | Technical | Section 9(3), TIM (TIM vs TI) | — | — |
| SML Limited | Sulphur 60% + Spiromesifen 3.8% | WDG | Section 9(3), FIM | Okra, brinjal, rose | Powdery mildew (Erysiphe cichoracearum) on okra; leaf spot (Cercospora melongenae) on brinjal; powdery mildew (Podosphaera pannosa) on rose; red spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) on okra, brinjal and rose |
| Willowood Chemicals Ltd. | Flonicamid 4% + Chlorantraniliprole 4% + Pymetrozine 12% | SC | Section 9(3), FIM | Rice | Brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens); white-backed planthopper (Sogatella furcifera); green leafhopper (Nepotettix virescens); leaf folder (Cnaphalocrocis medinalis); stem borer (Scirpophaga incertulas) |
Multi-Pest and Multi-Crop Formulations
Several of the approved products are notable for their broad target spectrum. The Fluxametamide formulation approved for Seedlings India covers a range of economically important insect pests across six vegetable and pulse crops, while the Fluxapyroxad 333 g/L FS formulation extends disease-management applications across five crops, including cereals, oilseeds, fibre and tuber crops.
The Willowood formulation combines three insecticidal active ingredients flonicamid, chlorantraniliprole and pymetrozineand is approved against several key rice pests. Similarly, the Fluxapyroxad + Difenoconazole combination brings two fungicidal active ingredients together for disease management in fruit crops, with applications in both grapes and apple.
Regulatory Conditions for Environmental Safety and Product Stability
The RC attached additional conditions to the approvals for Sulphur 60% + Spiromesifen 3.8% WDG and Flonicamid 4% + Chlorantraniliprole 4% + Pymetrozine 12% SC. Their labels and leaflets must carry cautionary statements regarding toxicity to fish, aquatic organisms and honeybees, including instructions to prevent contamination of water bodies and avoid application during active bee-foraging periods.
Both products are also subject to requirements for real-time or actual storage-stability data. Applicants must submit stability data covering a minimum of 30 months using the proposed formulation and commercial container within two and a half years of submitting the registration application. Failure to meet this requirement would result in the Registration Certificate being deemed cancelled.
The two formulations are also subject to fixation of maximum residue limits (MRLs) and have been granted a provisional shelf life of two years.
Meeting and Regulatory Context
The 475th Registration Committee meeting was chaired by Dr. P. K. Singh, Agriculture Commissioner and Chairman, Registration Committee, and was attended by senior officials and experts from the Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage (DPPQS), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation and CIB&RC.
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