New · Ministry letter of 24 September 2025
Biostimulant QR code, in the Ministry's format
Every biostimulant label now needs a QR code giving the Gazette notification number and date, the title, the composition, the crops and the dosage. Pick your product from the 227 notified biostimulants, type the batch details and get one small code, ready to print. Any phone camera opens it: Page 1 shows those five items, Page 2 your batch details.
Rs. 69 + GST a QR code · batch details included free · vector PDF and PNG image · GST invoice · also by e-mail
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Type a product name, a category or a crop, then tap each product to add it (tap again to take it out). One QR code per product and batch, Rs. 69 + GST each.
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What the Ministry asks
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (INM Division, Bio-Stimulant Cell), in its letter No. 3-7/2025-Biostimulants (167640) of 24 September 2025 to all stakeholders, copied to the biostimulant associations and the Director of Agriculture of every State, asks that a QR code be printed on the label of every biostimulant, giving in English, Hindi or a regional language:
- Gazette notification number and date
- Title of the biostimulant
- Composition
- Crops
- Dosage
The letter encloses a sample. This is our text for the same product as the sample, (6) Humic Acid 6% (Liquid):
1. Gazette Notification number and Date: S.O. 2346 (E) Dated 26-05-2025 2. Title of Biostimulant : (6) Humic Acid 6% (Liquid) 3. Composition : (I). Humic acid (as Potassium humate obtained from Leonardite mineral source) per cent. by weight, minimum: 6.0 (II). Water : QS 4. Crops : Tomato 5. Doses: Three foliar applications at 1.25 l/ha
Page 1 of the page your code opens shows this text unchanged; Page 2 shows your batch details.
Circulars and notifications on biostimulants: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare. The codes are in English; Hindi and regional languages may follow.
Pesticide or biostimulant? The QR rules are different
| Pesticides (CIB&RC) | Biostimulants (FCO Schedule VI) | |
|---|---|---|
| Source | Rule 19(1)(i)(w), Insecticides Rules, 1971 (G.S.R. 211(E), 2023) | Ministry of Agriculture letter No. 3-7/2025-Biostimulants, 24 September 2025 |
| Required items | Unique identifier or GTIN, batch number, manufacturing and expiry dates, web link | Gazette notification number and date, title, composition, crops, dosage |
| Full details | On the company's page: the entire label and leaflet | The information itself, when the code is scanned |
| On NanoKheti | Pesticide QR code generator: a link code opening the five items (Page 1), then registration, crops and doses (Page 2) | Biostimulant QR code generator: a link code opening the five items (Page 1), then the batch details (Page 2) |
| One code per | Product and batch (printed at packing) | Product and batch on NanoKheti (the page also shows the batch details) |
| Typical size | 2.5 to 3 cm | 2.5 to 3 cm |
Questions
What must the QR code on a biostimulant label contain?
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (letter No. 3-7/2025-Biostimulants (167640) of 24 September 2025) asks that the QR code on the label of every biostimulant give: 1) the Gazette notification number and date, 2) the title of the biostimulant, 3) its composition, 4) the crops and 5) the dosage, in English, Hindi or a regional language.
How does the code give the information?
The code is a short link. Any phone camera or Google Lens shows it, and one tap opens a page with Page 1, the five items the Ministry asks for exactly as notified, and Page 2, your batch details. We first put all the text inside the code, as in the sample in the letter's Annexure, but phones showed such codes as "Search barcode" or nothing at all; a link works on every phone. Each code's pages are saved on nanokheti.com when you pay, with no end date.
Which Gazette notification goes in the QR code?
The notification that put the product's current entry in Schedule VI of the Fertiliser Control Order. Where a later order substituted the entry, the code gives that later order, matching the composition it shows.
What does a phone show when it scans the code?
A link to nanokheti.com/q/. One tap opens Page 1, as per Government guidelines: the five items the Ministry asks for, in the order and wording of the sample in its letter. Page 2, additional information: your unique identifier or GTIN, the batch number, the manufacturing and expiry dates and, if you give it, your web link. The link itself also carries the identifier, batch and dates.
Why does the code carry the batch details?
They are included in the price and let a buyer, dealer or inspector match the pack to its batch (they are the items the pesticide QR rule asks for). So each batch has its own code: it with every batch: order one per batch and print it at packing, or on a label printed for that batch. Your identifier and web link are kept on your device for the next batch.
What is a GTIN?
The Global Trade Item Number: the number under the barcode on your pack, issued by GS1 India (Indian numbers usually start with 890). If your product has no barcode, type your own product code. It is not the GSTIN, your tax number.
How big should the QR code be on the label?
About 2.5 to 3 cm. The PDF shows each code at its smallest print size and large, as a vector graphic your designer can scale up but never below that size, and the PNG image is about 10 cm at 300 dpi. Print it in black on white and scan a printed proof with two phones before the print run.
What if the page says "Code not found"?
The whole code was not scanned, or it was not made here. Scan again with the code filling about half the screen. Codes made here open their page as long as nanokheti.com is online.
Does the QR code replace the label?
No. The label must still carry everything the Fertiliser Control Order asks for. The QR code is in addition, for checking the product. NanoKheti's FCO label generator makes the front and back label for Rs. 49 + GST.
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