Prohibited Product Listings

Introduction

As a seller on Plactive Pvt Ltd, you agree to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and our platform policies. The information provided here is for general informational purposes and does not constitute legal advice. We encourage you to consult with legal counsel if you have any questions regarding the laws and regulations applicable to your products.

Before listing your products on our platform, please review the “Examples of Prohibited Product Listings” sections relevant to your product categories. Additionally, be aware that there are restrictions on the import and export of various products.

“You may use the provided tool to check whether your product is included in Plactive’s prohibited listings by consulting the provided list. However, this list does not constitute final approval for selling on the platform / website. Sellers are solely responsible for conducting thorough research to determine if their product is subject to government-imposed restrictions or falls under any banned product category.”

Consequences for Violations

1. Listing products that violate our policies or applicable laws and regulations may result in the following actions:
2. Cancellation of your product listing
3. Restrictions on your listing privileges
4. Suspension of your listing privileges
5. Removal of your listing privileges
6. Termination of your agreement with Plactive Pvt Ltd

Notification to relevant governmental, legal, and regulatory authorities for further action

Plactive Pvt Ltd reserves the right to make decisions regarding the appropriateness of listings and whether they comply with our policies.

Reporting

If you discover any product listings that violate our policies or applicable laws, please report them to (create mail link). Provide all relevant information to assist us in conducting a thorough investigation.

Examples of Prohibited Product Listings

The examples provided in our Help (create link)pages are intended as guidance and are not exhaustive. Any links included are for informational purposes only, and Plactive Pvt Ltd does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, legality, reliability, or usefulness of the information contained in these links.

Mandatory Test / Certificate / Registration for Toys

With the government – issued Toys (Quality Control) Order 2020 for the latest versions of Toys Standards (IS 9873 and IS 15644) relating to material used in toys intended for children up to 14 years of age, we are perfectly equipped to provide you with the solutions to meet all safety requirements.

1. IS 9873-1: 2019Safety requirements for toys- Part 1: Safety aspect related to mechanical and physical properties
2. IS 9873-2: 2017Safety requirements for toys- Part 2: Flammability requirements
3. IS 9873-3: 2017Safety requirements for toys- Part 3: Migration of certain elements
4. IS 9873-7: 2017Safety of toys- Part 7: Requirements and test method for finger paints
5. IS 9873-9: 2017Safety of toys- Part 9: Certain phthalates in toys and children’s product
6. IS 15644: 2006Safety of electric toys for sports goods. school and stationery items.

IS 9873 : PART 1 : 2019SAFETY OF TOYS PART 1 SAFETY ASPECTS RELATED TO MECHANICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIESMandatory

IS 15644 : 2006SAFETY OF ELECTRIC TOYSMandatory

Products and Services That Cannot Be Promoted

Plactive Pvt Ltd does not promote the advertising of some products and services. This list will be updated periodically, but Plactive is not bound to notify sellers of updates. It is the responsibility of the seller to investigate applicable laws and restrictions before offering any products. Any edible product should have the required certifications from the relevant government department.

For clarity, advertisements running off internet are permitted. Branding campaigns are also permitted, provided they do not feature an identifiable HFSS (High in FAT, SALT and SUGAR) product and they are permitted as per the Food safety and standards act, 2006 no. 34 of 2006. Food safety and standards rule, 2011.

At Plactive Pvt Ltd, we are dedicated to promoting a healthy and positive lifestyle. As part of this commitment, we: Do not promote, advertise, or sell any products containing tobacco. Do not promote, advertise, or sell products intended to facilitate tobacco consumption in any form, including but not limited to: Cigarettes Cigars Smokeless tobacco Devices and accessories related to tobacco consumption, such as: Smoking devices Tablets Strips Dips Sniffing devices Patches Addiction-related products Our platform is dedicated to offering products that support the well-being and health of our customers. We strive to provide a safe and responsible environment, and any violations of this policy will be taken seriously.

Prohibited Products and Services:

1. Aerosol paint.
2. Airsoft/BB guns, paintball guns.
3. Alcohol recovery or hangover cures or treatments.
4. Alcohol: products intended to disguise or conceal alcohol.
5. Anti-radiation products (including electromagnetic field protection and radiation neutralizing or shielding products).
6. Bows and arrows, slingshots, and other projectile weapons.
7. Chewing gum.
8. Coupon sites.
9. Cryptocurrencies.
10. Escort services, adult dating, sex toys and merchandise.
11. Etching creams.
12. Fat burners, fat freezers, and fat blockers.
13. Fertility clinics and research.
14. Free eBooks (except pre-approved)
15. Get-rich-quick and pyramid schemes.
16. Handgun safety certificates.
17. Illicit and recreational drugs, drug paraphernalia, drug testing equipment, or products to beat drug tests.
18. Illegal or sensitive pharmaceutical or medical device products and services.
19. Imitation tobacco products, e.g. toys that resemble cigarettes, or fake tobacco packaging.
20. Oils, supplements, or ingestible derived from or containing hemp, cannabidiol (CBD), THC, or otherwise related to cannabis.
21. Medical procedures and research.
22. Tobacco or tobacco-related products, including e-cigarettes.
23. Knives (except for kitchen knives, cutlery, and general multi-purpose camping knives).
24. Knives and other bladed objects are prohibited except for kitchen knives, cutlery, or silverware.
25. Lethal and non-lethal weapon sales, including guns, gun parts, kits, gun racks, mace, black powder, and ammunition.
26. Loyalty/affinity/rewards and related content.
27. Malware, scareware, or spyware.
28. Online pharmacies.
29. Pre-natal gender selection and determination test products and services.
30. Premium pay-per-call services.

Products, services, technology, or website content that:

Infringes, encourages, or enables the infringement of the intellectual property or personal rights of others, or

Promotes any illegal or dangerous activity, including false document services, counterfeit designer goods, cable descramblers, fireworks, or websites that promote hacking or evading law enforcement.

Psychics and related content.

1. Products that are ineligible for sale or do not comply with Plactive Pvt Ltd Category, Product, and Listing Restrictions.
2. Religious or spiritual services.
3. Shock collars (including pet training collars with any type of shock function) and pinch or choke collars.
4. Any kind of loan, grant, MLM, monetary transactions scheme.
5. “Stripper” or dancing poles.
6. Any spy cam and/or voice bug disguised as an everyday item capable of transmitting video/audio via WIFI/GRMS/IP/GSM/Bluetooth to someone else without the person knowing they are being recorded (Germany only).
7. Tattooing and body branding products and services.
8. Testosterone boosters.
9. Travel Ticket resellers
10. UV tanning services and equipment.
11. Weapons
12. Collectible Coins
13. Collectible Paper Money
14. Counterfeit coins and paper money, including Bank notes, Bonds and Money orders.
15. Items (i.e. coins and paper money) considered legal tender.
16. Stocks and securities.
17. Equipment designed to create counterfeit items.
18. Cash or cash equivalent instruments, including money orders, traveller’s cheques, stored value products like retail or open loop gift cards or electronic stored value redemption codes.
19. Items made of Gold, silver or other precious metal bullion.
20. Imitation and prop money that is not conspicuously marked “Copy” including: Coins, Tokens, Paper Money, Commemorative medal.
21. Most live creatures (pets, livestock, marine mammals) Illegal wildlife products Insects or creatures labelled as “plant pests”.
22. Parts or products from endangered species (cheetahs, jaguars, leopards, mountain zebras, Hartmann Mountain zebras, sable antelopes, tigers or anything which fall under the (Wildlife Protection Act 1972.)
23. Parts or products produce from any dead or living being, bird, animal, reptile etc, products made from ivory or bones of animals are prohibited by law cannot be traded or advertised.
24. All books are permitted to be listed unless falling in the restricted list of titles which are prohibited by the Government. Books considered for children above 12 years will require screening / approval before listing.
25. The seller is solely responsible for finding out and research about the restrictions on the book before listing.

Distorted India map

Distorted India map means and includes any map of India in which India’s international boundaries are not correctly depicted. The correct depiction of the map of India indicating the accurate international boundaries is provided on the official website of the Survey of India (“SOI”).

All types of non-media products that have any image of a distorted India map are restricted, along with media products (including e-books) that have a pictorial representation of a distorted map of India.

As per Section 2(2) of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1961, incorrect depiction of the international boundaries of India is a punishable offence. Publishing a map of India that is not in conformity with the maps of India as published by the Survey of India is not permitted on any listing of Plactive.com

Fine Art Store:

1. Three-dimensional artwork, such as sculptures
2. Textile or anthropological or archaeological-based art
3. Products that promote or glorify hatred, violence, racial, sexual or religious intolerance or promote organizations with such views
4. Crime scene Paintings/ Prints
5. Morgue or autopsy Paintings/ Prints
6. Products related to terrorist activities including sale of images or items relating to current criminals, prisoners, or any terrorist outfits, etc.
7. Products that depict children (including boys, girls, baby) and youth (including boys, girls) in a sexually suggestive manner or a manner that encourages child sex acts, child nudity, child profanity, child drug use or profanity.
8. Graphic pornographic or nude paintings/ prints
9. Products that promote xenophobia and hate against immigrant and refugee groups
10. Paintings/ Prints that are not legally approved for sale or reproduction of artwork that violate any copyright.
11. Paintings/ Prints that Plactive deems offensive are prohibited from listing on Plactive.in. Plactive reserves the right to determine the appropriateness of listings on its site, and remove any listing at any time.
12. Painting epigraph or other art works which are ‘antiques’ (that is, has been in existence for not less than one hundred years)
13. Paintings/ Prints that are declared as ‘art treasures’ by Central Government notification in the Official Gazette
14. Artwork without a named artist
15. Artwork that is a mass-produced or commercial work that has been hand-painted (also called “brush to canvas”)
16. Artwork that was created as a reproduction of an existing work; the artist did not deliberately make more than one version of the same artwork even if there is a named artist or the artwork otherwise meets the requirements above
17. Promotional posters or advertisements even if they otherwise meet the requirements mentioned above
18. Artwork in a limited edition that consists of any of the following:
19. Estate signed or estate editions
20. Plate signed editions
21. Creative Commons images or editions (CC)
22. An edition of over 200, even if numbered and hand signed or otherwise meeting the requirements above
23. Open editions, even if hand signed or otherwise meeting the requirements above
24. Products related to art, but that are not artworks themselves (for example, books about or containing art, posters of artwork, artwork printed on clothing, and decorative mouse pads)
25. Used Clothing
26. Skin care / Oil / Cosmetics
27. Used Shoes

Automotive and Powersports

1. Products intended to defeat, bypass, or shut down emission control devices, including oxygen sensor simulators
2. Products intended to override malfunction indicator lights
3. High-intensity discharge (HID) conversion kits
4. Products intended to affect traffic signals
5. Products intended to alter odometers
6. Driver’s licenses and other government-issued identification cards
7. Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) plates
8. Vehicle airbags and airbag covers
9. Vehicle airbag inflators and airbag components
10. Vehicle seatbelt pre-tensioners
11. Car seat heating pads (CSHP)
12. Products where the serial number has been removed or altered
13. Power amplifiers used with CB radios
14. Walkie-talkies
15. Products designed to intentionally block, jam, or interfere with licensed or authorized radio communications, such as:
16. Cell jammers
17. GPS jammers
18. Laser jammers
19. PCS jammers
20. Radar jammers
21. Wi-Fi jammers
22. Products designed to boost, amplify, or extend any licensed or authorized radio communications or signals, such as:
23. Mobile or cell phone signal boosters
24. Signal extenders
25. Repeaters
26. Wi-Fi boosters
27. Long-distance signal boosters
28. Products that descramble or gain access to cable or satellite television without permission, such as:
29. Blocker devices
30. Hardware or software DSS emulators
31. Listings for information or guides on “how to” descramble cable or satellite television without permission
32. Programmed smart cards
33. Smart card programmers and unloopers
34. Products that incorporate Class 3B lasers and Class IV lasers
35. Video game controllers (including cards or other devices) that replace existing technology in a video game
36. Blu-ray players that have been modified to disable region coding
37. Any cell phone that was originally locked to a cell phone carrier and has been manually unlocked to work with other carriers (such as jailbroken iPhones, unlock codes for Blackberry)
38. Cell phone unlocking devices
39. Cell phones with bad Electronic Serial Numbers (ESNs)
40. Cell phones without International Mobile Equipment Identifiers (IMEIs)
41. Cell phones with invalid IMEIs
42. Micro SIM cards modified from standard size SIM cards
43. Credit, Debit or ATM card reader terminals and portable magnetic stripe card readers, sold as skimming device or cloning device.
44. Non-BIS compliant electronic products including video game consoles, laptop, notebook, tablets, Plasma, LCD or LED Televisions of screen size 32″ and above, Optical Disc Players with built in amplifiers of input power 200W and above, Microwave Ovens, Visual Display Units, Video Monitors of screen size 32″ and above, Printers, Plotters, Scanners, Wireless Keyboards, Telephone Answering Machines, Amplifiers with input power 2000W and above, Electronic Musical Systems with input power 200W and above, Electronic Clocks with Mains Powers, Set Top Box, Automatic Data Processing Machine, Power Adaptors for IT Equipments, Power Adaptors for Audio, Video & Similar Electronic Apparatus, UPS/Invertors of rating ≤ 5kVA, DC or AC Supplied Electronic Control gear for LED Modules, Sealed Secondary Cells/Batteries containing Alkaline or other non-acid Electrolytes for use in portable applications, Self-Ballasted LED Lamps for General Lighting Services, Fixed General Purpose LED Luminaries, Mobile Phones, Cash Registers, Point of Sale Terminals, Copying Machines/Duplicators, Smart Card Readers, Mail Processing Machines, Postage Machines, or Franking Machines, Passport Reader, Power Banks for use in portable applications. For more information, see list of products under mandatory .
45. DVD duplicators that bypass copyright protections
46. Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) or Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) or Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), including drones, para-gliders, aero-models, helicopters or quadcopters which weighs more than 20 kg and has flying height of more than 199 metres Above Ground Level (AGL)
47. Certain streaming media players, voice assistant devices, and related accessories:
48. Products offered for sale on Plactive should not promote, suggest the facilitation of, or actively enable the infringement of or unauthorised access to digital media or other protected content. Any streaming media player or other device that violates this policy is prohibited from sale on Plactive
49. It is your responsibility to source and sell products that do not promote, promise the facilitation of, or actively enable the infringement of or unauthorised access to digital media or other protected content. If you sell these products, then we may immediately suspend or terminate your selling privileges and dispose of inventory in our fulfilment centres without reimbursement. In addition, if we determine that your account has been used to engage in fraud or other illegal activity, remittances and payments may be withheld or forfeited
50. Products which do not comply with the declarations and standards prescribed by applicable laws
51. Cylindrical lithium-ion cell battery types: 14500, 16340, 18650, 20700, 21700 and 26650: including similar battery product types sold as combo with end products like Battery chargers, battery case, flashlights and headlamps.

Prohibited Items:

1. Firearms
2. Firearms accessories
3. Firearm ammunition and ammunition components
4. Explosives
5. Knives and other bladed weapons
6. Other weapons, including blunt force striking weapons, crossbows, slingshots, stun guns, or Tasers

Firearms include:

1. Antique and collectible guns
2. Assault weapons
3. Automatic weapons (e.g., machine guns)
4. Muzzleloaders and black powder guns
5. Revolvers, rifles, shotguns, and handguns
6. Smartphone guns and guns designed to resemble harmless items
7. Sport and hunting guns
8. Starter guns
9. Wallet guns
10. Zip guns
11. Desi Katta (also referred to as “Tamanchas”) – a local homemade Indian single-barrelled breech-loading handgun/pistol

Electronic guns include:

1. Dart guns
2. Stun guns or Taser

Imitation, replica, or “look-alike” firearms

Firearm Accessories:

1. Plactive prohibits the listing or sale of all firearm parts and accessories. Examples of prohibited listings include:
2. Assault weapon parts or accessories, including those marketed as such
3. Parts designed to convert a firearm into an assault weapon
4. Gun parts and accessories designed or marketed for use with paintball, airsoft, or air guns, such as:
5. Assault weapon conversion kits
6. Assault weapon grips, forend grips, front grips, and foregrips
7. Assault weapon and AR-specific tools, including:
8. Vise blocks
9. AR-15/M16 armorer’s wrenches
10. Bullet button tools
11. Auto sears, such as:
12. Full auto sears (drop-in auto sear or DIAS)
13. AR-15 auto searsAuto sears II
14. Barrels, barrel shrouds, barrel extenders, heat guards, hand guards, and threaded barrel adapters
15. Battery assist levers
16. Bayonet mounts and devices for attaching bayonets
17. Camouflaging gun containers that allow firing without removing the gun
18. Charging handles, latches, and assemblies
19. Detachable carry handles and assault rifle carry handles
20. Ejection port covers and dust covers
21. Frames
22. Gas blocks, gas tubes, and gas pistons
23. Monopods, bipods, and tripods for assault weapons
24. Fixed stocks, handles, and slings (also referred to as shoulder stocks or buttstocks)
25. Non-fixed stocks, including telescoping, folding, or collapsible stocks
26. Thumbhole stocks
27. Firearm grips and grip accessories, such as:
28. Pistol grips for attachment to assault weapons, rifles, shotguns, or handguns
29. Folding, vertical, forward, and tactical grips
30. Angled fore-grips and ambidextrous fore-grips
31. Grip pods, funnels, sleeves, plugs, extensions, and hand stops
32. Kits for creating gun magazines
33. Machine gun conversion kits and parts for converting firearms into automatic weapons
34. Magazines and related items, such as:
35. Magazine components and extensions
36. Magazine cinches, couplers, connectors, dual mag holders, and dual mag clamps
37. Magazine loaders (pistol mag loaders, rifle/SMG mag loaders, speed loaders)
38. Magazine floor plates/base plates
39. Gun/rifle magazine clips
40. Detachable magazines (STANAG, NATO, drum, box, quad-column, spool, helical)
41. Multi-rail systems, including quad rails and rail covers
42. Rails, including Picatinny (MIL-STD-1913) and Weaver rails
43. Muzzle brakes (muzzle tamers)
44. Muzzle shrouds
45. Pistol stabilizing braces
46. Recoil compensators and rifle recoil pads
47. Receivers, including lower and upper receivers
48. Receiver extensions and pins
49. Receiver wedges or buffers
50. AR-specific jig kits
51. Revolving cylinders for shotguns
52. Selector levers, detents, and switches
53. Sling systems, including single-point, two-point, three-point, tactical quick detach, and traditional slings
54. Sling plates and end plates
55. Slide fire stocks and bump firing devices
56. Solvent trap oil filter adapters, solvent traps, homemade silencers, and components for these
57. Sights, including:
58. Telescopic sights (scopes)
59. Laser sights (dot sights)
60. Reflector sights (reflex sights)
61. Iron sights (rear and front)
62. Boresights (bore-sighters)
63. Night vision or infrared scopes
64. Monocular’s for attachment to weapons
65. Silencers or suppressors, including:
66. Flash suppressors
67. Sound suppressors
68. Suppressors marketed for airsoft, air guns, or paintball guns
69. Fake, mock, or faux silencers
70. Tactical gun mount lights or flashlights
71. Takedown pins, pivot pins, cam pins, and roll pins
72. Trigger activators, including:
73. Multi-burst trigger activators
74. Trigger attachments
75. Devices for “bump-firing”
76. Trigger guards
77. All internal/moving gun parts, such as:
78. Bolt catch releases, assemblies, actuators, and battery assist levers
79. Bolt carriers, bolt pins, and buffer pins
80. Buffer tubes and extension tubes
81. Firing pins, springs, and stops
82. Triggers, trigger assemblies, or fire control groups
83. Upgrade and replacement parts (including anti-walk pins)

Firearm ammunition, such as:

1. Ammunition for pistols and rifles, including assault weapons
2. Slugs
3. Shotgun shells
4. Ballistic loads
5. Hollow point
6. Round balls
7. Ammunition components, such as:
8. Black powder
9. Blanks
10. Bullets
11. Bullet tips
12. Casings
13. Gun powder
14. Prime
15. Shotgun shells
16. Smokeless powder

Plactive prohibits the listing or sale of explosive devices.

Examples of prohibited listings

Explosives, such as:

1. Fireworks and firecrackers
2. Flares, flare launchers, flare guns, flare gun receivers
3. Tear Gas
4. Molotov Cocktail
5. Grenades, such as:
6. Military practice grenades
7. Rifle grenades
8. Smoke grenades
9. Metal replica grenades
10. Grenade launchers
11. Mines
12. Projectile and concussive products that employ gunpowder or explosives
13. Automatic knives, also known as switchblade knives Switchblade knives including:
14. Butterfly knives or Bali-song knives
15. Gravity-assisted knives
16. Spring-loaded knives
17. Spring-assisted knives
18. Stiletto knives
19. Bali-song knives, also known as butterfly knives
20. Claw Knives such as:Karambit knivesConcealed swords, including:Cane-swords
21. Shobi-zue (a staff, crutch, stick, rod, or pole concealing a knife or blade within it)
22. Swordsticks
23. Gravity or gravity-assisted knives
24. Knives disguised to look like harmless items, such as:
25. Air gauge knives
26. Belt buckle knives
27. Comb knives or hairbrush knives
28. Lipstick case knives
29. Writing pen knives
30. Credit Card Knives
31. Knuckle knives, including:
32. Fixed or folding blade knives with split knuckle duster handles
33. Pilum ballistic knives
34. Push daggers, including:
35. Punch daggers
36. Punch knives
37. Push dirks
38. T-handled knives
39. “Slasher” knives or other devices used in cock
40. Throwing stars, including:
41. Batman symbols
42. Cyclone knives
43. Kung Fu stars
44. Metal throwing stars
45. Ninja stars
46. Shirken
47. Throwing cards
48. Rampuri Knife
49. Trench Knife
50. Daggers
51. Machetes
52. Bowie Knife
53. Kukri Knife
54. Katar
55. Spears
56. Double-bitted battle Axe

Other weapons

1. Plactive prohibits the listing or sale of blunt force striking weapons, body armor, body armor plates, and other dangerous weapons.
2. Body Armor and vests designed for the insertion of body Armor or body Armor plates and bulletproof or ballistic helmets.
3. Crossbows including toothpick crossbows
4. Blow guns
5. Spearguns
6. Caltrops
7. Boomerang
8. Slungshot
9. Slingshots, including wrist-brace slingshots
10. Monkey fist knots that are made entirely of rope
11. Stun guns or Tasers
12. Tactical pens
13. Martial arts and ninja weapons, such as:
14. Brass, plastic or metal knuckles, including spiked keychains and rings or any product held over one’s knuckles that could be used to strike someone in closed combat
15. Leaded cane/staff/crutch/stic
16. Nunchaku (also known as num chucks or chuka sticks)
17. Sandclubs, sandbags, or slungshots (also known as saps or blackjacks)
18. Tonfas
19. Kunsari-fundo (also known as Manrikis or Manriki_Gusari)Kyoketsu ShogeKusarigama
20. Throwing knives (also referred as “Kunai”)
21. Throwing spikes
22. Kama
23. Ninja Sai
24. Kakute
25. Manriki_Gusari
26. Clubs and blunt force striking instruments, such as:
27. Billy, billy clubs, and police batons
28. Escrima sticks
29. Rattan canes (when designed or intended as a striking weapon)
30. Bo staffs and jo staffs
31. Truncheons, nightsticks, and batons
32. Sjamboks
33. Weighted clubs
34. Blackjacks
35. Bludgeon
36. Sap hats, also known as slap hats
37. Mace
38. Flail
39. Weapons designed to be concealed
40. Weapons or other items intended solely for law enforcement or military use
41. Items subject to International and Export Trade Regulations
42. Lottery tickets
43. Coin-operated slot machines
44. Slot machines that can be converted to use coins or currency
45. Items containing Carbon Tetrachloride, such as:
46. Fire extinguishers
47. Refrigerants
48. Cleaning agents
49. Explosives, such as:
50. Ammonium nitrate fuel oil (ANFO), it is an explosive mixture
51. Cyclo-trimethylene-tri-nitramine (also referred as RDX or Cyclonite)
52. Copper (I) acetylide
53. Copper (II) azide
54. Cyanuric triazide
55. Di-nitro-toluene (DNT)
56. Diazo-di-nitro-phenol (DDNP)
57. Gunpowder/ Black powder – mixture of Potassium nitrate (saltpeter/ saltpetre), charcoal, and sulphur
58. Hexa-nitro stilbene (HNS)
59. HBT (explosive)
60. Lead (II) azide
61. Lead styphynate
62. Mercury fulminate
63. Nitroglycerine (NG) [also referred as nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin (TNG), trinitroglycerine, nitro, glyceryl trinitrate (GTN)]
64. Nitroglycol (NGc) [also known as Ethylene glycol dinitrate (EGDN)]
65. Nitrocellulose also known as (cellulose nitrate, flash paper, flash cotton, guncotton, and flash string)
66. Nitro-guanidine
67. Nitrogen sulphide
68. Octogen (also referred as HMX)
69. Picric acid (also referred as Tri-nitro-phenol)
70. Penta-erythritol-tetranitrate (PETN)
71. Potassium chlorate
72. Silver Fulminate
73. Silver azide
74. Silver acetylide
75. Tri-nitro-toluene (TNT)
76. Tri-nitro-resorcinol (styphnic acid)
77. Trinitrophenylmethylnitramine commonly referred as Tetryl
78. Tetrazene
79. Triacetone triperoxide (TATP)
80. Tri-cyclic acetone peroxide (TCAP)
81. Urea nitrate
82. Xanthamonas hydrophilic colloid explosive mixture
83. Fulminate of any other metal
84. Coloured fires or any other substance whether a single chemical compound or a mixture of substances, whether solid or liquid or gaseous used or manufactured with a view to produce a practical effect by explosion orpyrotechnic effect and includes fog-signals, fireworks, fuses, rockets, percussion-caps, detonators, cartridges, ammunition of all descriptions and every adaptation or preparation of an explosive Flares, such as projectile androad flares.
85. Gasoline
86. Information on how to make explosive devices, such as bombs
87. Products containing red phosphorous
88. Products containing thermite
89. Used oil, such as cooking oil or motor oil
90. Batteries containing mercury, alkaline-manganese batteries containing mercury, zinc carbon batteries containing mercury

Certain pesticides, such as:

Banned Pesticides (i.e. registration, import and manufacture of these pesticides are prohibited) such as:

1. Aldicarb
2. Aldrin
3. Aluminium Phosphide
4. Alachlor
5. Benzene Hexachloride
6. Benomyl
7. Carbaryl
8. Calcium Cyanide
9. Captafol
10. Cypermethrin
11. Chlorbenzilate
12. Chlordane
13. Chlorofenvinphos
14. Copper Acetoarsenite
15. Diazinon
16. Dibromochloropropane (DBCP)
17. Dieldrin
18. Dazomet
19. Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane (DDT)
20. Dalapon
21. Dichlorvos
22. Endrin
23. Ethyl Mercury Chloride
24. Ethyl Parathi
25. Ethylene Dibromide (EDB)
26. Endosulfan
27. Fenitrothion
28. Fenthion
29. Ferbam
30. Formothion
31. Fenarimol
32. Fenthion
33. Heptachlor
34. Lindane (Gamma-HCH)
35. Linuron
36. Methoxy Ethyl Mercury Chloride (MEMC)
37. Methyl Parathion
38. Maleic Hydrazide
39. Menazon
40. Metoxuron
41. Methoxy Ethyl Mercuric Chloride (MEMC)
42. Methyl Bromide
43. Methyl Parathion
44. Monocrotophos
45. Nitrofen
46. Nickel Chloride
47. Nicotine
48. Paraquat Dimethyl Sulphate
49. Pentachloro Nitrobenzene (PCNB)
50. Pentachlorophenol
51. Phenyl Mercury Acetate
52. Paradichlorobenzene (PDCB)
53. Phorate
54. Phosphamidon
55. Sodium Cyanide
56. Sodium Methane Arsonate
57. Simazine
58. Thiometon
59. Tridemorph
60. Trifluralin
61. Triazophos
62. Toxaphene(Camphechlor)Trichloro acetic acid (TCA)Warfarin
63. Pesticides that are for restricted us
64. Pesticides that are not appropriately registered
65. Pesticides that are not appropriately described and labelled
66. Products contaminated by radiation
67. Products containing mercury
68. Products that contain magnetic cubes or balls with a diameter less than or equal to 31.75 mm (1.25 inches), that can be used to create structures or are presented as toys, such as:
69. Bucky balls (also referred as Neodymium magnet sets/balls)
70. Bucky bars
71. Bucky cubes
72. CyberCube
73. Dynocube
74. Magnicube (also called ‘Mag Cube’)
75. Neocubes
76. Neocubix
77. Magnet Puzzle Spheres
78. Nickel-plated neodymium magnet cubes
79. Buzz Magnets – round/ball shaped
80. Ferrofluid bottle with neodymium magnet
81. Magnetic Thinking Putty
82. Oval magnetic beads
83. Refrigerants in household appliances, such as Freon
84. Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) such as:
85. Chlordecone
86. Hexabromobiphenyl
87. Hexabromodiphenyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether (commercial octa-BDE)
88. Tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether (commercial penta-BDE)
89. Pentachlorobenzene
90. Hexabromocyclododecane
91. Hexachlorobutadine
92. Kite flying threads/ strings or kite fighting threads/ strings, such as:
93. Nylon Manja/ Manjha, also referred as Pucca (i.e. nylon) Thread

Plastic Manja/ ManjhaCotton Manja/ ManjhaPolyester Manja/ ManjhaChinese Manja/ ManjhaChinese Thread, made out of plastic/ nylon or other synthetic material, also referred as “Chinese dor”100% glazed cotton thread or glazed cotton threaTricholoacetic

Sodium azide

Any other product in violation of applicable laws

The Arms Act, 1959

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Explosives Act, 1884

Regulation of Persistent Organic Pollutants Rules, 2017

The Public Gambling Act, 1867

The Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998

Lock picking or locksmithing devices, such as:

Autolock bypass keys or jigglers

Digital decoders

Lock picking cards and lock picking guns

Lock picking sets

Slim-jims

Tension bars

Try-out keys

Tubular lock picks

Devices designed to duplicate a key

Code grabbing devices

Master keys or skeleton keys

Other restricted products

Examples of prohibited listings

Embargoed goods

Products that are identified as “not for distribution within India”

Products that infringe upon an individual’s privacy, such as display of marketing lists and personal information

Real property or real estate

Government documents, identification, birth certificates, passports and licences, or sale of any documents relating to mass transportation, rail, air and so on

Government and transit uniforms, security uniforms, transport uniforms, commercial uniforms, IDs and Licences, police and other security forces’ badges and uniforms

Domain names

Gift cards (except retail gift cards for which authorisation from the RBI has been obtained)

Products intended to be used to produce an illegal product or undertake an illegal activity

Database lists of names, addresses, email addresses, personal information, and mailings lists of any kind

Plants, such as:

Plants or seeds designated by the Indian government as “noxious”

Illegal plants or seeds

Restricted Plants, such as:

Red Vanda (Botanical Name: Rananthera imschootiana)

Blue Vanda (Botanical Name: Vanda coerulea)

Pitcher plants (Botanical Name: Nepenthes Khasiana)

Kuth/Kushta (Botanical Name: Saussurea costus/Saussurea lappa)

Beddomes Cycad (Botanical Name: Cycas beddomei)

Lady’s slipper orchids (Botanical Name: Paphiopedilum)

Products with any pictorial representation or colourable imitation of the “Indian National Flag” printed on them that constitutes gross disrespect to the Indian National Flag

Products with any pictorial representation or colourable imitation of “The State Emblem of India” printed on them.

Products with the name or pictorial representation of the “Prime Minister of India” printed on it.

Products with the name or pictorial representation of “The President of India” printed on it.

Products with the name or pictorial representation of “Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru” or “Nehru” printed on it.

Products with the name or pictorial representation of “Mahatma Gandhi” or “Gandhi” printed on it.

Products with the name or pictorial representation of “Shrimati Indira Gandhi” printed on it.

Products with the name or pictorial representation of “Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri” or “Lal Bahadur Shastri” printed on it.

Products with the name or pictorial representation of “Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj” printed on it.

Products with the name or pictorial representation of “Rashtrapati Bhavan” or “Raj Bhavan” printed on it.

Identification cards that look similar to identification cards issued by the Government of India, such as Aadhaar Cards, Driving Licences, Passports, Vehicle Registration Cards, Voter ID Cards, PAN Cards, Ration Cards.

Products which identify themselves as Acids and all preparation and admixtures of acids.

Padded Crib Bumpers (PCBs) and similar accessories, including vertical crib slat covers and top rail covers

Cylinder and cylinder liquified petroleum gas or LPG transfer nozzle, gas refill adapter with moveable rod inside tube, gas refill nozzle, and LPG cylinder gas refiller adapter nozzle

Products sold as or for the purpose of car seat belt alarm stoppers, car seat belt alarm cancellers, Seat belt buckle alarm canceller.

Fertilizers which fall under the scope of Nutrient Based Fertilizers/ NBS Fertilizer.

Plastic and thermocol.

Effective from July 1, 2022, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is banning the manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of the following plastic and thermocol products:

Plastic carry bags with self-carrying feature

Plastic cling films

Plastic stretch wrap film, stretch film, or packing films

Plastic shrink film

Plastic and thermocol plates

Plastic and thermocol cups and glasses

Plastic and thermocol spoons, knives, and forks

Plastic straws

Disposable thermocol and plastic dishes and trays

Plastic and thermocol bowls and containers

Plastic pouches to store food or liquids

Plastic coffee cup lids

Non-woven plastic bags

Plastic-coated carry bags

Plastic-coated plates

Plastic flags and buntings

Plastic or PVC banners

Packaged drinking water bottles, such as PET or PETE bottles with a maximum capacity of 200 ml

Ear buds with plastic sticks

Plastic stick for balloons and balloons with plastic stick

Plastic candy sticks, ice-cream sticks, and stirrers

Decorative use of polystyrene, also known as thermocol

Note: All product listings must comply with all applicable laws and regulations, it is sellers duty to check the applicable law before listing.

Additional information

Plastic products are made of harmful high polymer ingredients, such as polyethylene terephthalate, high density polyethylene, vinyl, low density polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene resins, polystyrene also known as thermocol, non-oven polypropylene, multi-layered co-extruder, polypropylene, poly terephthalate, polyamides, poly methyl methacrylate, plastic micro beads, and more.

The manufacture, usage, transport, distribution, wholesale and retail sale and storage, and import of certain plastic products have been banned in multiple states in India including disposable products manufactured from plastic and thermocol, such as single use disposable dish, cups, plates, glasses, fork, bowl, container, disposable dish and bowl used for packaging food in hotels, spoon, straw, non-woven polypropylene bags, cups and pouches to store liquid, packaging with plastic to wrap or store the products, packaging of food items and food grain material, and more.

At Plactive Pvt Ltd, we are dedicated to promoting a healthy and positive lifestyle. As part of this commitment, we: Do not promote, advertise, or sell any products containing tobacco Do not promote, advertise, or sell products intended to facilitate tobacco consumption in any form, including but not limited to: Cigarettes Cigars Smokeless tobacco Devices and accessories related to tobacco consumption, such as: Smoking devices Tablets Strips Dips Sniffing devices Patches Addiction-related products Our platform is dedicated to offering products that support the well-being and health of our customers. We strive to provide a safe and responsible environment, and any violations of this policy will be taken seriously.

Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940

Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement And Regulation Of Trade And Commerce, Production, Supply And Distribution) Act, 2003

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