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 and Farmers Welfare, in the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare of the Government of India.[5][3]

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/

References

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  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".
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