Lok Sabha Question No. 4924 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-23
Subject: Flood Tolerant Seeds
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Umesh G. Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4924 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23/07/2019

## FLOOD TOLERANT SEEDS

## 4924. DR. UMESH G. JADHAV:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f"k vkSj fdlku dY;k.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  developing  eco-friendly  flood  tolerant  seeds  for protecting the crops in flood-prone regions;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the seeds have already been used anywhere in the country;
- (d) if not, whether the Government would start working in this field; and
- (e) the time period by which the Government plans to expand it to all the flood prone States in the country?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f'k vkSj fdlku dY;k.k ea=h (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) & (b): Yes Sir. During last five years (May 2014 to 2018), the Indian Council of Agricultural  Research  (ICAR),  through  its  Institutes,  All  India  Coordinated  Research Projects (AICRPs) and State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) has released 35 varieties of various field crops ( rice - 21, maize -2, jute - 3, sugarcane - 8 and rice bean - 1) that are tolerant to flood/submergence/water logging/ deep water ( Annexure ).

(c) Yes,  Sir.    ICAR  has  produced  772q  breeder  seeds  of  flood/submergence/water logging tolerant varieties of various crops (predominantly rice) as per the indent received from  Department  of  Agriculture  Cooperation  &  Farmers  Welfare  (DAC&FW).  The breeder seed is further converted to foundation, certified and truthfully labelled seeds for commercial  cultivation  by  the  farmers.  Since  2016-17  till  Kharif-2019;  73.20  lakh quintals seeds of stress tolerant (flood, drought and salt) paddy varieties was produced in the  country.  Further,  3600q  planting  material  of  stress  tolerant  sugarcane  varieties  was also produced.

National  Seed  Corporation  Ltd,  State  Seed  Corporations,  State  Department  of Agriculture,  ICAR  Institutes,  SAUs,  Cooperatives  and    Private  Seed  Companies  are already involved in production and marketing of these seeds.

(d) Does not arise in view of reply to (c) above.

(e) The  Government  of  India  supplements  the  efforts  of  the  State  Governments  by coordinating  seed  requirement  and  availability  through  the  mechanism  of  Zonal  Seeds Review Meetings prior to each sowing season and developing Seed Rolling Plan for each State.  Moreover,  contingency  planning  as  per  the  indent/requirement  is  also  done  to produce seeds of stress tolerant varieties including the flood prone States.

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## Flood/submergence/water logging/ deep water tolerant field crop varieties released during May 2014 to 2018

| Crop          | Varieties                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Rice (21)     | CR Dhan 505; Samba Sub-1 (IET 21248); Tanmayee (OR2339-8) (IET20262); CR 1009 Sub 1; CR Dhan 508 (IET 23601); Bheema (Dheera) (MTU 1140); Rajdeep CN 1039-9 (IET 17713) (CNR 4); CR Dhan 506 (IET 23053); CR Dhan 408 (IET 20265) Chakaakhi; CR Dhan 507 (IET 22986); CR Dhan 409 (IET 23110); CO 43 Sub-1 (IET 25676); DRR Dhan 50 (IET 25671); Bahadur Sub-1; Ranjit Sub-1; Ashutosh (OR 2331-14) (IET 21341); Tripura Jala -1; CR Dhan 801 (IET 25667) (IR 96322-34-223-B-1-1-1-CR3955-2); CR Dhan 510 (IET 23895) (CR2593-1-1-1-1); Ksheera (IET 24495) (MTU 1172); CR Dhan 802 (Subhas) (IET 25673) (CR3925-22-7) |
| Maize (2)     | Jawahar Maize 218; Pusa Jawahar Hybrid Maize-1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Jute (3)      | JRO 2407 Samapti (Tossa Jute); Ishani (JRC-9057) White Jute; NCJ-28-10 AAUCJ-2 (Kkhyati)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Rice bean (1) | Bidhan Rice Bean-3 (KRB-19)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Sugarcane (8) | Sankeshwar 814 (Co Snk 05104); Sankeshwar 049 (Co Snk 05103); Gujarat Sugarcane 5 (CoN 05071); Gujarat Sugarcane 7 (CoN 04131); Buddhi 2003 A 255 (CoA 08323); CoLK 09204 (Ikshu-3); CoA 11321 (Sri Mukhi); CoLk 12207 (Ikshu-6)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |

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