Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine, and Storage

Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine, and Storage
Agency overview
Formed1946 (1946)[1]
Preceding Agency
  • Department of Revenue and Agriculture, British Raj
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersOld CGO Complex, NH IV, Faridabad[2]
Employees340
Minister responsible
  • Plant Protection Adviser[5]
Agency executive
  • Dr. J. P. Singh, Plant Protection Adviser (PPA)
Parent DivisionPlant Protection Division[3]
Child agencies
  • Plant Quarantine[3]
  • Plant Protection (IPM)[3]
  • Locust Control[3]
  • National Plant Protection Training Institute Central IPM Centres[3]
  • Central Insecticides Board & Registration Committee[3]
Key document
Websitehttp://ppqs.gov.in/

The Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine, and Storage is an agency of the Plant Protection Division of the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, in the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare of the Government of India.[5][3]

References

  1. ^ "About the Department". Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage. Government of India. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  2. ^ "Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage - DAC Registered Employees".
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Plant protection profiles from Asia-Pacific countries". UN FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  4. ^ "Famine Inquiry Commission Report On Bengal". Internet Archive. Government Of India Press. 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  5. ^ a b "Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine, & Storage".