The Indian Central Insecticides Board and Registration Committee (CIBRC) approved 35 registrations of pesticide technical and 56 formulation products at the meeting of the Registration Committee in March, 2020, including 18 herbicides, 15 insecticides/acaricides, 10 fungicides and 48 bio-pesticides. Bio-pesticides occupied more than half this time.
For registration type, 20 bio-pesticides products got 9(3b) extension of validity period of provisional certificate of registration for one year.