Srinagar, Sept 24, Sept. 25 -- Minister for Agriculture Production, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Cooperative and Election Department, Javid Ahmad Dar on Thursday informed the Assembly that the government has put in place a comprehensive regulatory and enforcement mechanism to prevent the sale and use of spurious and substandard pesticides and to promote their safe and judicious application across Jammu and Kashmir. The Minister was replying to a Calling Attention Motion moved by MLA Waheed Ur Rehman Para on concerns over rising cancer patient graph and alleged risks from spurious pesticides in major agricultural and horticultural areas.The Minister stated that the Agriculture Production Department is taking stringent measures und...