Development and Promotion of Non-POPs Alternatives to DDT
The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers in India is the federal ministry with administrative purview over three departments namely:
The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals was under the Ministry of Industry until December 1989, when it was brought under the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals. On June 5, 1991, the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals was transferred to the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers. The Department has five major divisions viz. Chemicals, Petrochemicals, Administration, Statistics & Monitoring (S&M) and Economic Division. The Internal Finance Division is common to the three Departments in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. There are two Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSU) in the chemical sector namely Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd. (HOCL), and HIL (India) Limited. The autonomous institutes under this Department are Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET) and Institute of Pesticides Formulation Technology (IPFT).
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