Online system for product certificates not working well: Pesticide industry

India’s pesticides and plant protection industry, worth about Rs 40,000 crore, says registration certificates for products are delayed because two state-run portals for the work aren’t functioning well.

The portals were launched in April 2022 and aim to provide a transparent system with no physical touchpoints for the applicants and ensure convenience to the users, through an online system including e-payments and uploading of documents, online accreditation, and renewal of treatment agencies or facilities and downloading of certificates.

Industry players, however, alleged that the portals-- computerized registration of pesticides (CROP) and plant quarantine information systems (PQIS) are not functioning smoothly