date:Nov 28, 2012
lation in a sector under one umbrella and should be controlled by one governing body which could deal with all the issues such as pesticide registration, its use, fixation of standards for residue in food chain etc. Something similar to REACH regulation in Europe, which replaced 40 odd regulations, should be considered.
Import tariffs are a key barrier for attracting high tech, high specification products into India which would otherwise give the local manufacturers access to technical products