Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Signs MoU with Department of Posts against Fake Seeds, Fertilisers and Pesticides

• MoU signed 07 January 2026 between Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) and Department of Posts (DoP) to operationalise a faceless, traceable logistics chain for seed, fertiliser & pesticide sample testing.
• Plugs the enforcement gap in agri-input quality control: spurious inputs are a chronic farmer-distress issue; speeding lab turnaround makes the Seeds Act, Insecticides Act and Fertiliser (Control) Order enforceable in real time.
• UPSC relevance: GS-III (Agriculture, agri-marketing, farmer welfare, e-governance) & GS-II (inter-ministerial coordination, regulatory mechanisms).