Anupam Verma Committee
Definition
An expert committee constituted by the Ministry of Agriculture in 2013 to review 66 pesticides already banned in other countries but still registered in India. Its 2015 report led to the phased ban or restriction of 27 pesticides notified in 2018 and 2020, reshaping the rural poison shelf.
- Year constituted
- 2013
- Report issued
- 2015
- Bans/restrictions notified
- 2018 and 2020
- Pesticides reviewed
- 66
- Pesticides recommended for action
- 27
Common questions
What did the Anupam Verma committee do?+
In 2013, India's Ministry of Agriculture formed an expert committee led by Anupam Verma to review 66 pesticides that were already banned in other countries but still in use in India. The committee issued a 2015 report recommending action on 27 of these pesticides, leading to phased bans and restrictions implemented in 2018 and 2020.
Which pesticides did the committee recommend banning?+
The committee recommended banning or phasing out 27 pesticides. Specific examples include monocrotophos, methomyl, and carbofuran, all of which were re-examined due to established bans in other countries.
Why does the Anupam Verma committee matter for poisoning cases?+
The committee's work reshaped what pesticides were available in rural areas of India. Understanding which poisonings predate and which postdate the 2018-2020 bans helps forensic investigators contextualize the rural poison shelf and the likely agents in a case.
Related terms
- Acetylcholinesterase (AChE)
- The enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine at cholinergic synapses. Inhibition by organophosphates or carbamates causes accumulation of acetylcholine at muscarinic, nicotinic and central...
- Aging
- The irreversible loss of one alkyl group from the phosphorylated AChE-organophosphate complex, after which oximes can no longer reactivate the enzyme. Aging...
- Aluminium Phosphide
- A solid grey-green pellet fumigant sold as Celphos, Quickphos or Sulfo-Carb for stored grain. On contact with moisture it releases phosphine gas,...
- Cerbera Odollam
- The yellow oleander or 'suicide tree', a Kerala coastal tree whose seed contains cardiac glycosides (cerberin, thevetin). Dominant in Kannur and Kasaragod...
- Cleistanthus Collinus
- Oduvanthalai, a deciduous shrub of the Tamil Nadu Salem-Erode belt whose leaf decoction causes hypokalaemia, distal renal tubular acidosis and ARDS. Peak...
- DUMBBELS
- Mnemonic for the muscarinic side of the cholinergic toxidrome: Diarrhoea, Urination, Miosis, Bronchospasm and Bronchorrhoea, Bradycardia, Emesis, Lacrimation, Salivation.
- Intermediate Syndrome
- Proximal muscle and respiratory weakness appearing 24 to 96 hours after acute organophosphate exposure, requiring mechanical ventilation, distinct from the acute cholinergic...
- NCRB ADSI
- Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India, the annual statistical volume published by the National Crime Records Bureau under the Ministry of Home...
- OPIDN
- Organophosphate-induced delayed polyneuropathy: a distal sensorimotor neuropathy appearing 2 to 3 weeks after exposure to certain OPs (TOCP, leptophos), mediated by neuropathy...
- Organophosphate (OP)
- A class of insecticides (monocrotophos, chlorpyrifos, methyl parathion, dichlorvos, phorate) that inhibit acetylcholinesterase, producing the cholinergic toxidrome. The dominant suicidal poison in...
- Phosphine (PH3)
- The toxic gas liberated when aluminium phosphide reacts with water or gastric acid. It inhibits mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase, generates reactive oxygen...
Explained in these topics
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