New Delhi (NVI): India has reached out to Iran to counter locust invasion which threatens to destroy crops in the country amid Covid-19 pandemic.
Hindustan Insecticides Limited (HIL) is now in process of production and supply of 25 MT Malathion Technical for supply under locust control programme to Iran under Government to Government arrangement, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers said in a statement today.
Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA ) has approached HIL for manufacturing and supply of the said commodity to Iran.
Credit rating of the Central PSU has also been upgraded to BBB- from BB, which is a stable investment grade.
The company has exported 10 MT of fungicide – Mancozeb to Latin American country, Peru and another 12 MT will be exported in the next one week.
HIL has also signed an agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture and Famers Welfare for the supply of Malathion Technical to Rajasthan and Gujarat for the Locust Control Programme. HIL had manufactured and supplied 67 MT of Malathion Technical till last week.
India has also reached out to Pakistan to combat the desert locust wave sweeping across the Afro-Asian region. The border Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan have also been badly hit due to the locust menace.
