In a comprehensive study published on Monday, December 8, scientists estimated that about 385 million people, particularly among farmers and agriculture workers, are poisoned by pesticides every year including 11,000 deaths per year. Among the fatalities, nearly 60% or 6,600 deaths per year occur in India. This means 44% of the worldwide farming population (total 860 million) are poisoned by pesticides every year. On March 23, the cental government introduced Pesticides Management Bill 2020 in Rajya Sabha to replace the Insecticides Act, 1968.
— source bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com, newsclick.in | 09 Dec 2020