April 30: The state agriculture department has directed all the pesticide manufactures in the state to implement the ban on the use of Monocrotophos on vegetables and a total ban on 28 other pesticides.
The Central Insecticide Board and the Registration Committee has banned 28 pesticide formulations which include Endrin, Calcium Cyanide and Aldrin.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/ap-bans-use-toxic-pesticides
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-chronicle-hyderabad
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticides
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticides-and-toxins
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/aldrin
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endrin
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticide-use
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/andhra-pradesh