UPGEAR Insights: Pest Control Intelligence Desk https://upgearcrm.com/insights/ What changes this week for Indian pest control businesses: regulation, policy, market and seasonal intelligence from primary sources. en-in Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:37:40 GMT FSSAI tells food businesses to protect perishables from pests in storage and transport https://upgearcrm.com/insights/fssai-perishable-storage-transport-advisory/ https://upgearcrm.com/insights/fssai-perishable-storage-transport-advisory/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT Policy An advisory dated 15 October 2026 asks inspectors to check how khoa, paneer, meat, fish and other perishables are stored and moved, pests included. At least 20 government pest control bids on GeM close between 2 and 19 November https://upgearcrm.com/insights/gem-pest-control-tenders-november-2026/ https://upgearcrm.com/insights/gem-pest-control-tenders-november-2026/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT Market Hospitals, railways, airports, PSUs and ministries are buying pest control on GeM. The GB Pant institute in Delhi closes on 7 November. Northeast monsoon has begun in the south; IMD sees normal Oct–Dec rain there, below normal elsewhere https://upgearcrm.com/insights/monsoon-withdrawn-northeast-monsoon-begins/ https://upgearcrm.com/insights/monsoon-withdrawn-northeast-monsoon-begins/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT Seasonal IMD declared the southwest monsoon fully withdrawn on 15 October and northeast monsoon rain under way over Tamil Nadu, Kerala, coastal Andhra and south Karnataka. Paraquat Dichloride registration prohibited; all its certificates cancelled https://upgearcrm.com/insights/paraquat-registration-prohibited/ https://upgearcrm.com/insights/paraquat-registration-prohibited/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT Regulation Gazette order S.O. 5234(E) ends paraquat's registration in India. It is a herbicide: only firms doing weed or vegetation control are affected. Registration Committee clears 1,048 formulation applications, including household gels and baits https://upgearcrm.com/insights/rc476-formulation-applications-cleared/ https://upgearcrm.com/insights/rc476-formulation-applications-cleared/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT Regulation The 476th RC meeting found 1,048 of 1,049 me-too formulation applications satisfactory. Certificates issue only after KYC and an affidavit within 15 days. Chlorpyrifos is now listed for global elimination, with an exemption for termite treatment in building foundations https://upgearcrm.com/insights/stockholm-chlorpyrifos-listing/ https://upgearcrm.com/insights/stockholm-chlorpyrifos-listing/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT Global The Stockholm Convention listed chlorpyrifos in Annex A. It does not bind India until India ratifies the amendment, but it is an early signal for anti-termite work.