Central Government made the Plant quarantine Order for the purpose of prohibiting and regulating the import into India of agricultural articles mentioned under various categories of the Order.

(1) No consignment of plants and plant products and other regulated articles (hereinafter referred to
as ‘consignments’) shall be imported into India without a valid permit issued under this Order.

(2) No categories of plant materials in respect of the plant species or variety mentioned in Schedule-
IV shall be allowed to be imported into India from the countries mentioned against each in
column (4) of the said Schedule.

(3) Every applications for a permit under this clause sha ll be made at least one month in advance to
the Issuing Authority as listed in Schedule-X, in Form PQ 01 for the import of plants and plant
products for consumption and processing and in form PQ 02 for import of seeds and plants for
propagation covered under Schedule-V, VI and VII.

(4) Commercial import of consignments of seeds of coarse cereals, pulses, oil seeds and fodder
seeds and seeds/stock material of fruit plant species for propagation shall only be permitted
based on the recommendations of EXIM Committee of Department of Agriculture &
Cooperation, except the trial material of the same as specified in Schedule-XII of Plant
Quarantine Order.