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The all-India consumption of chemical pesticides stood at 61,702 tonnes in 2019-20 against 56,720 tonnes in 2015-16. The data provided in the reply showed the north-eastern states of Meghalaya and Sikkim as ‘Organic States’. The lowest usage of pesticide was in Goa with 30 tonnes (48 tonnes). The consumption figures stood at 12,217 tonnes (10,457 tonnes) in Uttar Pradesh during the period. The consumption increased to 12,783 tonnes in Maharashtra during 2019-20 against 11,665 tonnes in 2015-16.

Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh are the major consumers of chemical pesticides in the country over the last five years. The all-India average of fertiliser consumption stood at 133.44 kg/ha in 2019-20 against 135.76 kg/ha in 2015-16. Puducherry’s fertiliser consumption stood at 405.99 kg/ha in 2015-16. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Friday, Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, said that the use of fertilisers and pesticide depends on several factors such as the area under cultivation, type of crop, cropping intensity, agro-climatic conditions, soil condition, weed, pests, disease situation, etc.Īpart from Punjab and Bihar, consumption of fertilisers remained above 200 kg/ha in Puducherry, Haryana and Telangana in the five-year period from 2015-16. In fact, Maharashtra, along with West Bengal, also leads in the consumption of bio-pesticides.

Punjab and Bihar lead in the per hectare consumption of fertilisers, while Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh are the major consumers of chemical pesticides.

Excessive use of fertilizers insecticides and pesticides