Hindustan Insecticides Limited has manufactured highest-ever production of over 530 tonne of Malathion Technical in first two quarters of the current financial year.

Chemicals and Fertilizer Ministry said, despite restrictions due to COVID-19 pandemic, the Company has manufactured 530.10 tonnes of Malathion Technical as compared to 375 tonne in corresponding period of last financial year registering a growth of 41 per cent.

The company has also registered highest sale of Malathion pesticide during the period and supplied the entire quantity to various institutions like Ministry of Agriculture’s Locust Control Programme and Municipal Corporations across the country for vector control programme. The company also executed export of Malathion Technical during the period to Iran.