India Approves 3 New Agrochemical Formulations at 474th RC Meeting
13 August 2026, New Delhi: India’s Registration Committee (RC), at its 474th meeting held on July 30, 2026, approved the registration for indigenous
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474th RC Meeting
Find the latest decisions, registrations, regulatory developments, and crop protection updates from the 474th Registration Committee (RC) Meeting in India. Stay informed on agrochemical registrations, new formulations, technical-grade active ingredients, pesticide regulations, crop protection products, MRL requirements, and regulatory decisions.
The 474th Registration Committee (RC) Meeting of India’s Central Insecticides Board & Registration Committee (CIB&RC) was held on July 30, 2026, at the PPA Secretariat of the Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage (DPPQS), Faridabad. The meeting approved registration for three crop protection formulations for indigenous manufacture under Section 9(3) of the Insecticides Act, 1968.
Key approvals included Flubendiamide 5.75% + Emamectin Benzoate 1.92% ME from Nichino India for maize and soybean; Azoxystrobin 5% + Isoprothiolane 18% + Validamycin 3.5% WDG from Krishi Rasayan Exports for rice; and Ethiprole 16.95% + Benzpyrimoxan 25.42% SC from Bayer CropScience for rice. The approvals cover important targets including fall armyworm, stem borers, soybean pod borer, rice blast, sheath blight, brown planthopper, white-backed planthopper, and green leafhopper.
The 474th RC Meeting is also relevant to India’s wider pesticide regulatory framework, including registration requirements, MRL fixation, product safety labelling, storage-stability requirements, environmental precautions, and decisions concerning restricted pesticide use. This category tracks the committee’s decisions and their implications for agrochemical companies, crop protection products, farmers, and India’s agricultural input market.
This category features 474th RC Meeting decisions, CIB&RC registrations, Section 9(3) approvals, agrochemical formulations, technical registrations, pesticide regulation, MRL requirements, crop protection technologies, regulatory compliance, and developments affecting India’s crop protection industry.