A chapter-by-chapter walkthrough of the official PGS-India Standards — the exact conversion periods, banned/allowed inputs, and farm setup rules, sourced directly from the government document.
Episode 1
The exact PGS-India conversion timelines for perennial and annual crops, when Regional Councils can shorten it to 12 months, and the rare full waiver.
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Episode 2
The complete PGS-India list of banned crop inputs — synthetic fertilizers, GMOs, sewage sludge — and what's explicitly allowed instead.
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Episode 3
PGS-India's farm-level requirements for buffer zones, contamination control, seed sourcing, and crop diversity — the setup rules inspectors check first.
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Episode 4
The exact PGS-India conversion periods for cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat, pig, rabbit and poultry — by species and by product, straight from the standard.
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Episode 5
How much livestock feed must be organic under PGS-India, the split between ruminants and non-ruminants, and the full list of feed inputs banned outright.
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Episode 6
PGS-India's organic beekeeping rules — the 3 km foraging radius, hive materials, the one-year conversion period, and how honey must be extracted.
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Episode 7
The PGS-India thresholds that decide product labelling — 100%, 95% and 70% by weight — and why added water and salt are left out of the calculation.
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Episode 8
How PGS-India requires organic product to stay separate through processing, storage and transport, plus the facility pest-control order and packaging rules.
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