A Brief presentation on
Seed Quality and Seed Development Programmes
Dr. B. Rajender, Joint Secretary (Seeds)
Department of Agriculture Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare
Govt. of India
Mandate
o Ensure supply of quality seeds to the farmers.
o Effective implementation of Seed law enforcement.
o Strengthening seed certification and seed testing system in the country.
o Develop and enforce seed quality standards.
o Maintaining sustainability with profitability to the farmers by development of suitable infrastructure for Seed Quality Control and Seeds Development.
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1966 Seeds Act.
1968 Seed Rules.
1983 Seeds(Control) Order: Licensing of seed business
1988 New Policy on Seed Development: Making best of the planting material available the world over to Indian farmers through public and private sectors
1989 Export/Import Policy: Structuring of Indian seed exports/import
2004 Introduction of the Seeds Bill.
2015 Cotton Seed Price (Control) Order
Legal Instruments for Seeds Quality Regulation
o Seed Law Enforcement-Seed Inspectors appointed by State Governments ( under section 13 of Seeds Act-1966).
o Seed Sampling by Seed Inspectors and verification of records or any other material and seize the same if not as per Seeds Act to ensure the quality of seeds.
o Seed testing – Seed Testing Laboratories.
o Seed certification – State Seed Certification Agency.
o Suitable instructions must be issued to draw targeted seeds samples from the market before the commencement of sowing season as per the provisions of Seeds Act/ Seed (Control) Order.
Seed Law Enforcement
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Better Performing States i) Tamil Nadu,
ii) Maharashtra, iii) Telangana, iv) Karnataka
v) Andhra Pradesh
Needs Improvement i) Assam
ii) Bihar iii) Delhi
iv) Himachal Pradesh v) J&K
vi) Jharkhand vii) Odisha viii) Punjab ix) Tripura
x) Uttar Pradesh
Status of Seed Law Enforcement
PROGRESS REPORT OF SEED LAW ENFORCEMENT : 2016-17
S. No State Total No. of samples
drawn No. of samples
found sub-standard No. of cases stop sale order
issued
No. of cases filed/pending in the
Court of Law
1 2 3 4 6 7
1 Andhra Pradesh 6906 147 60 200
2 Assam Nil Nil Nil Nil
3 Bihar Nil Nil Nil Nil
4 Chhattisgarh 1810 78 78 0
5 Delhi Nil Nil Nil Nil
6 Gujarat 4612 64 64 29
7 Haryana 2660 45 10 23
8 Himachal Pradesh Nil Nil Nil Nil
9 Jammu & Kashmir Nil Nil Nil Nil
10 Jharkhand 2371 61 0 0
11 Karnataka 7992 85 0 0
12 Kerala 4 0 0 0
13 Madhya Pradesh Nil Nil Nil Nil
14 Maharashtra 13365 209 1247 93
15 Odisha 904 243 0 0
16 Puducherry 120 29 0 0
17 Punjab 3963 166 0 23
18 Rajasthan Nil Nil Nil Nil
19 Tamil Nadu 50166 1826 920 588
20 Telangana 7194 121 0 121
21 Tripura NIL NIL NIL NIL
22 U.P. 3261 81 17 0
23 Uttarakhand 525 33 0 0
24 W.B. 19247 1562 543 0 6
o Seed Law Enforcement and monitoring of the Bt.
Cotton is not satisfactory in all Cotton Growing States.
o The states should strictly enforce seed laws and draw the samples of Bt. Cotton seeds to ensure the curb of the sale of spurious Bt. Cotton Seeds.
o The infestation of White flies, Leaf Curl Virus and Pink Bollworm in Bt. Cotton should be monitored and controlled effectively.
Seed Law Enforcement of BT. Cotton
o Strengthening for Seed Quality Control-STL (100%GOI), Strengthening of Seed Law Enforcement(75%:25%)
o Strengthening of GOT(100%GOI)
o Support to SCAs(25%GOI:75%State).
o Seed Village(60%GOI:40%State)
o Certified Seed Production through seed village(60%GOI:40%State)
o Seed Processing & Storage Go downs (100%GOI)
o Transport Subsidy on movement of seed to NES &Hill States(100%GOI)
o National Seed Reserve(100%GOI)
o Boosting Seed Production in Private Sector(100%GOI) o PPV&FRA(100%GOI)
Su b Mission On Seeds &Planting Material (SMSP)
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o States long term seed plan based on crop area, seed rate/ha. total seed required, targeted SRR seed required for normal conditions and seed required for contingency situations worked out.
o Out of total quantity of seed required variety wise quantity of seed required for individual crops be worked out.
o The required foundation and breeder seed to be worked backward three years in advance.
o States should focus on crops, in which production will be impacted during the year due to Natural calamity as demand for seed of such crop in the succeeding year could be high.
Seed Rolling Plan
o States should periodically (monthly) monitor/review seed production at the field level and take follow up action.
o All States are advised to have MoU /Advance Agreement with Seed Producing Organization to produce and ensure supply of required quantity of certified seed.
o States have already prepared the long term seed plan (2017-18 to 2020-21) for production of certified seeds through their various seed producing agencies like State Development of Agriculture, State Seeds Corporation, State Seed Farms, State Agriculture University Farms, State oilseed Grower Federations, other state co- operatives, NSC, KRIBHCO , IFFDC, HIL, Private companies etc.
Punjab, HP, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Assam, Kashmir, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim are requested to prepare the State Seed Rolling Plan and submit to GOI.
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State-wise position of requirement &
availability of certified/quality seeds for Rabi 2017-18
State Name Requirement Availability Deficit/Surplus Remarks
ANDHRA PRADESH 707563 848566 141003
ARUANCHAL
PRADESH 3700 3700 0
ASSAM 354864 354864 0
BIHAR 872195 1394931 522736
CHHATTISGARH 143500 159045 15545
GOA 2072 2072 0
GUJARAT 574068 774444 200376
HARYANA 1632700 1890378 257678
HIMACHAL PRADESH 84875 84875 0
JAMMU & KASHMIR 145170 145170 0
JHARKHAND 129995 172211 42216
KARNATAKA 464786 665895 201109
KERALA 52885 53970 1085
MADHYA PRADESH 2460376 2624086 163710
MAHARASHTRA 815090 817634 2544
MANIPUR 16100 16100 0
Quantity in Quintals
State Name Requirement Availability Deficit/Surplus Remarks
MEGHALAYA 3680 3680 0
MIZORAM 637 518 -119Meet from NSC
NAGALAND 8990 6235 -2755Meet from NSC and Farm Saved Seeds.
ODISHA 183343 92123 -91220Meet from NSC, HIL, Seed Village Programme and Farm Saved Seeds.
PUDUCHERRY 6392 6722 330
PUNJAB 1216167 1650509 434342
RAJASTHAN 1503604 2047827 544223
SIKKIM 3660 1946 -1714Meet from NSC and Farm Saved Seeds.
TAMILNADU 551294 592547 41253
TELANGANA 680918 689264 8346
TRIPURA 10475 11525 1050
UTTAR PRADESH 5285200 5325956 40756
UTTARAKHAND 42575 249106 206531
WEST BENGAL 3711868 3628540 -83328Meet from, NSC, HIL, Punjab, HP and Private.
GRAND TOTAL 21668742 24314439 2645697
State-wise Position of Requirement and Availability of Certified/Quality Seeds for Rabi 2017-18
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• For improving the quality of farm saved Seeds- Seed Village Programme is to be expanded from 30,000 villages to 60,000 villages in the country (Timeline: upto March-2018).
• Distribution of F/S or C/S for one acre/farmer@50% subsidy for cereals and 60% for pulses, oilseeds, green manures and fodders crops.
• Farmers will be trained on seed production and seed technology – 3 one day training provided by implementing agency.
Action Required From
• State has to furnish additional Proposal/Action Plan in the prescribed proformae as per guidelines to cover maximum number of Seed Village Programme during the year 2017-18.
Group of Secretaries (GoS) recommendations
Seed Village Programme :
S.
No States Existing
Number of Seed Village
Additional Number of Seed
Village
Total SVP target (Nos. of
Villages)
1 Andhra Pradesh 3126 2498 5624
2 Assam 3100 2149 5249
3 Arunachal Pradesh - 813 813
4 Bihar 4658 4365 9023
5 Chhattisgarh 1470 2591 4061
6 Gujarat - 3708 3708
7 Himachal Pradesh 960 2006 2966
8 Haryana 5 5 10
9 Jammu & Kashmir 1330 - 1330
11 Karnataka 200 5696 5896
12 Kerala - 272 272
13 Madhya Pradesh 6306 3694 10,000
14 Manipur 478 - 478
State wise enhanced Seed Village Programme
targets
S.No States Existing Number of Seed
Village
Additional Number of Seed
Village
Total SVP target (Nos. of Villages)
15 Mizoram - 163 163
16 Odisha - 1270 1270
17 Punjab - 1000 1000
18 Rajasthan 3619 - 3619
19 Tamilnadu 2425 838 3263
20 Telangana 2465 1535 4000
21 Meghalaya 225 - 225
22 Uttar Pradesh 15000 - 15000
23 Uttarakhand 1500 - 1500
24 Maharashtra 8744 - 8744
25 NSC 3000 - 3000
26 Nagaland 125 - 125
State wise enhanced Seed Village Programme
targets
o For setting up of seed Processing cum seed storage godown unit of 500 MT. each costing about Rs.60 lakh by FPOs, SHGs, Co-operatives, CIG etc. for Panchayat / village level is proposed.
o State has to furnish proposal/Action Plan immediately, so that grants-in-aid could be made available in time during the year 2017-18.
o Total an amount of Rs.300 crore will be available for setting up of small sized seed processing cum seed storage godown during the year 2017-18. The State wise targets for Establishment of Seed production &
processing at GP level is as follow:
Establishment of 500 Seed Production & Processing Units at Gram Panchayat level
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S.
No. State SP & S Unit at
GPTarget S.
No. State SP & S Unit at GPTarget
1 Andhra Pradesh 10 14 Rajasthan 30
2 Assam 25 15 Tamilnadu 30
3 Arunachal Pradesh 2 16 Telangana 30
4 Bihar 32 17 Meghalaya 2
5 Chhattisgarh 20 18 Uttar Pradesh 80
6 Gujarat 20 19 Uttarakhand 10
7 Himachal Pradesh 5 20 West Bengal 10
8 Jammu & Kashmir 5 21 Maharashtra 50
9 Karnataka 20 22 Jharkhand 25
11 Madhya Pradesh 58 23 Nagaland 2
12 Manipur 2 24 Mizoram 2
13 Odisha 30 Total 500
State wise Seed Processing & Storage Unit at
GP Target
o In order to produce & ensure the supply of required certified seed fully, the States are advised to have MoU/advance tie-up arrangement with seed producers.
o The State may enter into long term MoU with reputed seed producing organization having technical competence, sufficient seed infrastructure facilities and experience in seed production, technical manpower in the field of Seed Production & distribution network.
o GOI has already requested vide letter dated 12.06.2017 &
03.08.2017 to Principal Secretary (Agriculture) and Commissioner/
Director of Agriculture of all the States to sign MoUs with seed producing agencies. States which are not signing MoU release of fund under NFSM, BGREI may be held up.
Seed Subsidy to States only where MoU exist with Seed Production Agencies (Timeline:2017-18)
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o Agriculture Technology Application Research Institutes (ATARIS) are collaborator for implementation of Seed – Hubs.
o One time grant Rs.50 lakhs/Seed Hub for Seed Processing & Storage Facility.
o One time grant Rs.100 lakhs/Seed Hub as revolving fund to meet expenses for production, processing and procurement.
o The profit generated out of seed sale can be utilized by Seed Hub for development of other facilities to increase pulses seed production.
o Each Seed Hub will produce 1000 qtls. pulses seed every year in a sustainable manner.
o 150 Seed Hub will produce total 1,50,000 qtls. HYV pulses seeds on sustainable basis to ensure increased productivity and production of pulses in the country.
Increase use of Improved & Hybrid Seeds for self sufficiency in Pulses Production 1.5 lakh qtls. through
150 Seed Hub (Timeline : December, 2017)
ACTION REQUIRED
Monthly Progress Report Name of ICAR Institutes/SAU/CAU/KVK :
Crop /
Variety Class
Area Planted in
Acres along with
date of sowing
Present Crop Stand as on date :
Expected Seed Production
in Qtls.
Actual Seed Produced
in Qtls.
How the State is going to use this seed should be clearly indicated.
State not utilizing this seeds will not be provided NFSM Pulses RKVY Funds etc.
Breeder Seed Foundation Seed
Certified Seed
Seed Produced should be certified.
Every States should monitor (monthly) progress of BS, FS & CS production and inform to Seeds Division, DAC&FW
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