A Brief presentation on Seed Quality and Seed

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. 2

Legal Instruments for Seeds Quality Regulation 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 3

Seed Law Enforcement 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. 4

Status of Seed Law Enforcement Better Performing States i) Needs Improvement i) Assam ii) Maharashtra, ii) Bihar iii) Telangana, iii) Delhi iv) Karnataka iv) Himachal Pradesh v) Andhra Pradesh v) Tamil Nadu, J&K vi) Jharkhand vii) Odisha viii) Punjab ix) Tripura x) Uttar Pradesh 5

PROGRESS REPORT OF SEED LAW ENFORCEMENT : 2016 -17 S. No State Total No. of samples drawn 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2 3 4 6 7 6906 Nil 1810 Nil 4612 2660 Nil 2371 7992 4 Nil 13365 904 120 3963 Nil 50166 7194 NIL 3261 525 19247 147 Nil 78 Nil 64 45 Nil 61 85 0 Nil 209 243 29 166 Nil 1826 121 NIL 81 33 1562 60 Nil 78 Nil 64 10 Nil 0 0 0 Nil 1247 0 0 0 Nil 920 0 NIL 17 0 543 200 Nil 29 23 Nil 0 0 0 Nil 93 0 0 23 Nil 588 121 NIL 0 0 0 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Andhra Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Delhi Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Odisha Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura U. P. Uttarakhand W. B. No. of samples No. of cases found sub-standard stop sale order filed/pending in the issued Court of Law 6

Seed Law Enforcement of BT. Cotton 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. 7

Sub Mission On Seeds &Planting Material (SMSP) 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) 8 o PPV&FRA(100%GOI)

Seed Rolling Plan 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. 9

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 Mo. U /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 (201718 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. 10

Quantity in Quintals State-wise position of requirement & availability of certified/quality seeds for Rabi 2017 -18 State Name Requirement Availability Deficit/Surplus Remarks ANDHRA PRADESH ARUANCHAL PRADESH ASSAM BIHAR CHHATTISGARH GOA GUJARAT HARYANA HIMACHAL PRADESH JAMMU & KASHMIR JHARKHAND KARNATAKA KERALA MADHYA PRADESH MAHARASHTRA MANIPUR 707563 3700 354864 872195 143500 2072 574068 1632700 84875 145170 129995 464786 52885 2460376 815090 16100 848566 3700 354864 1394931 159045 2072 774444 1890378 84875 145170 172211 665895 53970 2624086 817634 16100 141003 0 0 522736 15545 0 200376 257678 0 0 42216 201109 1085 163710 2544 0 11

State-wise Position of Requirement and Availability of Certified/Quality Seeds for Rabi 2017 -18 State Name MEGHALAYA MIZORAM Requirement Availability Deficit/Surplus Remarks 3680 0 637 518 -119 Meet from NSC and Farm NAGALAND 8990 6235 -2755 Saved Seeds. Meet from NSC, HIL, Seed ODISHA 183343 92123 -91220 Village Programme and Farm Saved Seeds. PUDUCHERRY 6392 6722 330 PUNJAB 1216167 1650509 434342 RAJASTHAN 1503604 2047827 544223 Meet from NSC and Farm SIKKIM 3660 1946 -1714 Saved Seeds. TAMILNADU 551294 592547 41253 TELANGANA 680918 689264 8346 TRIPURA 10475 11525 1050 UTTAR PRADESH 5285200 5325956 40756 UTTARAKHAND 42575 249106 206531 Meet from, NSC, HIL, Punjab, WEST BENGAL 3711868 3628540 -83328 HP and Private. GRAND TOTAL 21668742 24314439 2645697 12

Group of Secretaries (Go. S) recommendations Seed Village Programme : • 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. 13

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) 1 Andhra Pradesh 3126 2498 5624 2 Assam 3100 2149 5249 3 Arunachal Pradesh - 813 4 Bihar 4658 4365 9023 5 Chhattisgarh 1470 2591 4061 6 Gujarat - 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 13 Madhya Pradesh 6306 3694 10, 000 14 Manipur 478 - 478

State wise enhanced Seed Village Programme targets S. No States Existing Additional Total SVP target Number of Seed (Nos. of Villages) 15 Mizoram - 163 16 Odisha - 1270 17 Punjab - 1000 18 Rajasthan 3619 - 3619 19 Tamilnadu 2425 838 3263 20 Telangana 2465 1535 4000 225 - 225 21 Meghalaya 22 Uttar Pradesh 15000 - 15000 23 Uttarakhand 1500 - 1500 24 Maharashtra 8744 - 8744 25 NSC 3000 - 3000 26 Nagaland 125 - 15 125

Establishment of 500 Seed Production & Processing Units at Gram Panchayat level 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: 16

State wise Seed Processing & Storage Unit at GP Target S. No. State SP & S Unit at S. No. GPTarget 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 17

Seed Subsidy to States only where Mo. U exist with Seed Production Agencies (Timeline: 2017 -18) o In order to produce & ensure the supply of required certified seed fully, the States are advised to have Mo. U/advance tie-up arrangement with seed producers. o The State may enter into long term Mo. U 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 Mo. Us with seed producing agencies. States which are not signing Mo. U release of fund under NFSM, BGREI may be held up. 18

Increase use of Improved & Hybrid Seeds for self sufficiency in Pulses Production 1. 5 lakh qtls. through 150 Seed Hub (Timeline : December, 2017) 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. 19

ACTION REQUIRED Seed Produced should be certified. Every States should monitor (monthly) progress of BS, FS & CS production and inform to Seeds Division, DAC&FW Monthly Progress Report Name of ICAR Institutes/SAU/CAU/KVK : How the State is going to use this seed should be Area Planted in Present Expected Actual clearly indicated. not Crop / Acres Crop Seed State Class this Variety along with Stand as Production Produced utilizing date of on date : in Qtls. seeds will not be sowing provided NFSM Pulses RKVY Funds etc. Breeder Seed Foundation Seed Certified Seed 20

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