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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-04022026-269814
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 463]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2026/MAGHA 14, 1947
729 GI/2026
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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
(DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 3rd February, 2026
S.O. 492(E). — In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Destructive
Insects and Pests Act, 1914 (2 of 1914), the Central Government hereby makes the following Order further
to amend the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003, namely: -
(I) Short title and Commencement. - (1) This Order may be called the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of
Import into India) (Second Amendment) Order, 2026.
(2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
(II) Amendment of Schedule VI. - Against S.No. 687, in column (1), and column (2) Mitragyna speciosa,
the existing entries in column (3) will be numbered as (i) and thereafter the following entries shall be inserted
after the existing entries: -
+--------+---------------------------------+-------------------------+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| S. No. | Plant species | Category of plant | Country of | Additional declarations | Special conditions |
| | | material | Origin | required to be incorporated into | of import |
| | | | | Phytosanitary Certificate | |
+========+=================================+=========================+=============+=============================================================+===================================+
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
+--------+---------------------------------+-------------------------+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 687 | Mitragyna speciosa (Kratom | (ii) Dried leaves | Uganda | NIL | Free from soil, |
| | Leaves) | for processing | | | quarantine weed |
| | | | | | seeds |
| | | | | | and other plant |
| | | | | | debris. |
+--------+---------------------------------+-------------------------+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
[F. No. 18-4/2024-PP.II]
MUKTANAND AGRAWAL, Jt. Secy.
Note: The Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003 was published in the Gazette
of India, vide, number S.O. 1322 (E) dated 18th November, 2003, and subsequently amended vide number
S.O.167(E), dated 6th February 2004, S.O. 427(E), dated 29th March, 2004, S.O. 644(E), dated 31st May
2004, S.O. 263(E), dated 25th February 2005, S.O. 462 (E), dated 31st March 2005, S.O. 1121 (E), dated
14th July 2006, S.O. 1353 (E), dated 31st July 2006, S.O. 1873 (E), dated 31st October 2006, S.O. 2074 (E),
dated 6th December 2006, S.O. 2069 (E), dated 3rd December, 2007, S.O. 3(E), dated 1st January, 2008,
S.O. 2847 (E), dated 8th December, 2008, S.O. 2888 (E), dated 15th December, 2008, S.O. 2286 (E), dated
9th September, 2009, S.O. 2390 (E), dated 16th September, 2009, S.O. 3269 (E), dated 23rd December, 2009,
S.O. 3298 (E), dated 24th December, 2009, S.O. 907 (E), dated 21st April, 2010, S.O. 2095(E), dated 27th
August, 2010, S.O. 2284 (E), dated 15th September, 2010, S.O. 2516 (E), dated 11th October, 2010, S.O.
2711 (E) dated 4th November, 2010, S.O. 3052(E) dated 28th December, 2010, S.O. 887 (E) dated 28th
April, 2011, S.O. No. 2845 (E) dated 21st December, 2011, S.O. No.296 (E) dated 17th February, 2012, S.O.
2775(E) 23rd November, 2012 S.O.799(E) dated 21st March, 2013, S.O.1378(E) dated 28th May, 2013,
S.O.1531(E) dated 14th June, 2013, S.O.2919(E) dated 26th September, 2013, S.O.1508(E) dated 13th June,
2014, S.O. No.1632(E) dated 27th June, 2014, S.O. No.2320(E) dated 12th September, 2014,S.O.
No.2542(E) dated 29th September, 2014, S.O. No.2879(E) dated 11th November, 2014, S.O. No.3114(E)
dated 10th December, 2014, S.O. No. 1413(E) dated 26th May, 2015, S.O. No. 2496(E) dated 15th
September, 2015, S.O. No. 101(E) dated 13th January, 2016, S.O. No. 608(E) dated 7th March, 2016 S.O.
No.1873(E) dated 25th May, 2016, S.O. No.2192(E) dated 20th June, 2016, S.O. No. 2248(E) dated 29th
June, 2016, S.O. No.2453(E) dated 5th July, 2016, S.O. No.2614(E) dated 5th August, 2016 and S.O.
No.264(E) dated 12th January, 2017, S.O. No. 364(E) dated 3rd February, 2017, S.O. 1344 (E) dated 27th
April, 2017, S.O. 1475 (E) dated 8th May, 2017, S.O. 2019 (E) dated 21st June, 2017 and S.O. 2152 (E)
dated 6th July, 2017 and S.O. No. 2752 (E) dated 23rd August, 2017, S.O. No. 3293(E) dated 6th October,
2017, S.O. No.3556(E) dated 7th November, 2017 and S.O. No. 4082(E) dated 27th December, 2017, S.O.
No. 1248(E) dated 20th March, 2018, S.O. No. 1873(E) dated 10th May, 2018, S.O. No.1930 dated 15th
May, 2018, S.O. No. 2059(E) dated 24th May, 2018, S.O. No. 2286(E) dated 4th June, 2018 and S.O. No.
3194(E) dated 29th June, 2018, S.O. No. 3392(E) dated 10th July, 2018, S.O. No. 3998(E) dated 16th August,
2018, S.O. No. 5158(E) dated 3rd October, 2018 and S.O. No. 5830(E) dated 22nd November, 2018 and S.O.
No. 6224(E) dated 18th December, 2018, S.O. No.941(E) dated 19th February, 2019 and S.O. No. 1728(E)
dated 6th May, 2019, S.O. No. 1817(E) dated 24th May, 2019, S.O. No.1954(E) dated 11.06.2019, S.O. No.
2525(E) dated 15th July, 2019 and S.O. No.2603 (E) dated 18th July, 2019 and S.O. No. 3141(E) dated 29th
August, 2019; S.O. No. 3594(E) dated 1st October, 2019 and S.O. No.3845(E) dated 24th October,2019 and
S.O. No. 4083(E) dated 8th November, 2019 and S.O. 4615 (E) dated 21st December, 2019 and S.O. 352 (E)
dated 24th January, 2020 81. S.O. 488 (E) dated 31st January, 2020 82. S.O. 953 (E) dated 2nd March,
2020; S.O. No. 1404(E) dated 27th April, 2020, S.O. No.2390(E) dated 20th July, 2020; S.O.
No.3646(E) dated 14th October, 2020 and S.O. No.4243(E) dated 17th November, 2020 and S.O. No.681(E)
dated 10th February, 2021, S.O.No.1491(E) dated 7th April, 2021, S.O. No.2511(E) dated 10th June, 2021,
S.O. No.2512(E) dated 10th June, 2021 and S.O. No.4265(E) dated 13th October, 2021, S.O.No.1885(E)
dated 5th April, 2022, S.O. No 3456 (E) dated 26th July, 2022, S.O. No. 3777 (E) dated 3rd August, 2022,
S.O. No. 4551 (E) dated 26th September, 2022, S.O. No. 4871 (E) dated 13th October, 2022, S.O. No. 5167
(E) dated 28th October, 2022. S.O. No. 5401 (E) dated 21st November, 2022 and S.O. No. 5573 (E) dated
30th November, 2022, S.O.No.1801 (E) dated 21st April, 2023 and S.O.No.2153 (E) dated 10th May,
2023,S.O.No.2360 (E) dated 31st May, 2023, S.O 2680 (E) dated 12th June, 2023, S.O. No. 3246 (E) dated
20th July, 2023, S.O. No. 3682 (E) dated 16th August, 2023, S.O. No. 3945 (E) dated 04th September, 2023,
S.O. No. 4082 (E) dated 14th September, 2023, S.O. No. 4228 (E) dated 25th September, 2023, S.O. No.
4366 (E) dated 06th October, 2023, S.O. No. 4552 (E) dated 11th October, 2023, S.O. No. 4640 (E) dated
19th October, 2023, S.O. 4739 (E) dated 27th October, 2023, S.O. No. 4764 (E) dated 01st November, 2023,
S.O. No. 5389 (E) dated 19 December, 2023, S.O. 94(E) dated 08th January, 2024, S.O. 400(E) 30th January,
2024, S.O. 1590(E) dated 28th March, 2024, S.O. 1591(E) dated 28th March, 2024, S.O. 1593(E) dated
28th March, 2024, S.O. 1601(E) dated 02nd April, 2024, S.O. 1602(E) dated 02nd April, 2024, S.O. 2195(E)
dated 05th June, 2024, S.O. 2221(E) dated 07th June, 2024 and S.O. 2477(E) dated 19th June, 2024, S.O.
2914(E) dated 22nd July, 2024, S.O. 2986(E) dated 24th July, 2024, S.O. 3551(E) dated 22nd August, 2024,
S.O. 3890(E) dated 10th September, 2024, S.O. 4261(E) dated 27th September, 2024, S.O. 4916(E) dated
12th November, 2024, S.O. 4995(E) dated 11th November, 2024, S.O. 500(E) dated 27th January, 2025, S.O.
499(E) dated 27th January, 2025, S.O. 532(E) dated 30th January, 2025, S.O. 678(E) dated 30th January,
2025, S.O. 976(E) dated 18th February, 2025, S.O. 944(E) dated 21 February, 2025, S.O. 1089(E) dated 04th
March, 2025 and S.O. 1765(E) dated 16th April, 2025, S.O. 2772(E) dated 20th June, 2025 and S.O.
4641(E) dated 09th October, 2025, S.O. 5047(E) dated 06th November, 2025, S.O. 271(E) dated 16th January,
2026.
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YADAVA
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Date: 2026.02.04 14:54:06 +05'30'