Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine, and Storage

The Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine, and Storage is an agency of the Plant Protection Division of the Department of Agriculture, Co-operation and Farmers Welfare, in the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare of the Government of India.[3][4]

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]
Employees320
Minister responsible
  • Dr. Ravi Prakash[3], Plant Protection Adviser[3]
Parent DivisionPlant Protection Division[4]
Child agencies
  • Plant Quarantine[4]
  • Plant Protection (IPM)[4]
  • Locust Control[4]
  • National Plant Protection Training Institute Central IPM Centres[4]
  • Central Insecticides Board & Registration Committee[4]
Key document
Websitehttp://ppqs.gov.in/

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. "Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine, & Storage".
  4. "Plant protection profiles from Asia-Pacific countries". UN FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  5. "Famine Inquiry Commission Report On Bengal". Internet Archive. Government Of India Press. 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
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