demand for food grains/crops with limited expansion of the agricultural land. Pesticides are widely used in agriculture without paying much heed to the consequences of its unregulated and indiscriminate use. Detection of pesticides and their degradation products in soil water and air at relevant levels have invoked public concern and are responsible for the adverse effects of pesticides to target and non-target organisms environmentally. The persistence, bioaccumulative, and toxic nature of agrochemical is responsible for different eco-toxicity. Some pesticides last as long as the environment (like DDT, chlordane). M