Dow Agro Sciences India blacklisted for bribing officials: Government

摘要

The government has blacklisted pesticides manufacturer Dow Agro Sciences India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dow Chemical, after CBI found that it had bribed government officials to get its products registered, Minister of State for Agriculture, Mr. Harish Rawat said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha recently. "CBI has reported that during in-vestigation it has been established that De-Nocil Crop Protection Ltd, presently known as Dow Agro Sciences India, paid illegal gratification as well as pecuniary advantages to the government officials for expediting registration of three of its products," Mr.Rawat said. The registration was done between 1996 and 2001. "Agro Pack, a product formulator of the company facilitated the payment of illegal gratification," the Minister added.