Department of Posts Signs MoU with Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare to Strengthen PAN-India Sample Logistics

• MoU between Department of Posts (DoP) under Ministry of Communications and Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) under Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare to create a nationwide logistics chain for moving pesticide, seed and fertiliser samples to designated testing laboratories.
• Operationalises the PAN-India Online Pesticide, Seed and Fertiliser Quality Management System by plugging India Post's last-mile reach into agri-input regulatory enforcement.
• UPSC relevance: cross-ministerial convergence, Centre's anti-spurious-input drive, farmer welfare, regulatory governance under Insecticides Act 1968, Seeds Act 1966, Fertiliser (Control) Order 1985.