Lok Sabha Question No. 4360 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-29
Subject: Testing of Seeds and Fertilizers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Uday Pratap Singh, Rajkumar Chahar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4360

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH  MARCH, 2022

## TESTING OF SEEDS AND FERTILIZERS

4360.  SHRI UDAY PRATAP SINGH SHRI RAJ KUMAR CHAHAR:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष और कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the steps taken by the Government for testing of seeds and fertilizers in the  country,  State  wise  including  Madhya  Pradesh  and  to  provide  high quality/certified seeds to the farmers of the said State at prescribed rates;
- (b) whether the Government plans to set up seed testing laboratories at district/block level to provide door-step facility for seed testing and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  number  of  notified  testing  laboratories/  institutes  that  carry  out  the  work  of testing seeds and fertilizers in the country, State-wise including Madhya Pradesh;
- (d) the number of samples which have been found to be of poor quality;
- (e) the details of the funds allocated for the said institutes during the last three years along with the funds spent in this regard; and
- (f)  the  number  of  testing  works  carried  out  by  these  institutes  during  the  last  three years and the targets fixed by them in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS' WELFARE कृ ष और कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a)  For strengthening of Seed Testing network in the Country, Department of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare provides financial assistance to all states, State Seed Certification Agencies, State Seed Corporations, State Agricultural Universities and ICAR Institutes etc.  (as  per  the  proposal  received)  under  various  components  viz.  purchase  of equipments and renovation of seed testing laboratories (STLs), DNA Finger Printing Facilities,  Specialized  Seed  Health  laboratory  etc.  under  Sub-Mission  on  Seeds  & Planting Material for testing of Seeds.

O.I.H.

Moreover, financial assistance for strengthening of fertilizer testing is also available/provided under various schemes of DA&FW  viz. National Project on Management of Soil Health & Fertility and Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana etc.

(b)  to  (d)      167  notified  seed  testing  laboratories  are  working  across  the  Country.  The National Seed Research & Training Centre (NSRTC) Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) under the DA&FW is working as Central Seed Testing Laboratory (CSTL) which analyse 5% seeds samples received from various notified Seed  Testing laboratories to  make  uniformity in seed  testing.  The  details  of  state  wise  seeds  samples  analysed  under  5%  re-testing programme seeds samples of notified Seed Testing laboratories are at Annexure-I.

There are 83 Fertiliser testing laboratories including four Central laboratories namely Central Fertiliser Quality Control & Training Institute Faridabad and its regional fertilizer quality  control  laboratory  at  Mumbai,  Kalyani  and  Chennai . Out  of  83  laboratories,  4 laboratories are under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare and remaining 79 laboratories are notified in different States. The details of State wise number of fertilizer laboratories and number of fertilizer samples found poor quality is at Annexure-II.

(e) & (f).     The details of funds allocated, amount spent and seed testing work carried out in the CSTL under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare during last three years is as under:

(Amount Rs. in Crore)

| Amount allocated   | Amount allocated   | Amount allocated   | Amount spent   | Amount spent   | Amount spent   | Number Tested   | Seed    | Samples   |
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------|-----------|
| 2018-19            | 2019-20            | 2020-21            | 2018-19        | 2019-20        | 2020-21        | 2018-19         | 2019-20 | 2020-21   |
| 5.28               | 4.28               | 4.77               | 4.24           | 2.35           | 2.33           | 19,812          | 20,334  | 20,611    |

The  details  of  funds  allocated  for Central Fertilizer Quality Control & Training Institute  (CFQC&TI)  Faridabad  and  its  regional  fertilizer  quality  control  laboratories, amount  spent  under  the  Ministry  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers'  Welfare  and  testing  work carried out during last three years is as under:

(Amount Rs. in Crore)

| Amount allocated   | Amount allocated   | Amount allocated   | Amount spent   | Amount spent   | Amount spent   | Number of fertilizer Samples Tested   | Number of fertilizer Samples Tested   | Number of fertilizer Samples Tested   |
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2018-19            | 2019-20            |                    | 2020-212018-19 | 2019-20        | 2020-21        | 2018-19                               | 2019-20                               | 2020-21                               |
| 23.65              | 11.95              | 12.43              | 7.25           | 5.97           | 5.94           | 1,38,602                              | 1,45,194                              | 1,59,527                              |

There are no specific targets fixed by Govt. of India.

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4360  TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 th March, 2022  REGARDING 'TESTING OF SEEDS AND FERTILIZERS'

## Annexure-I

Details  of  State wise seeds samples analysed and found poor quality by Central Seed Testing  Laboratory,  Varanasi  under  5%  re-testing  programme  seeds  samples  of  notified Seed Testing laboratories during the 2020-21

| S. No.   | Name of State      | Name of Place Seed Testing Laboratories are located   |   Nos. of Seed Samples received and analyzed |   Nos. of uniform Samples | non- Seed   |
|----------|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh     | 1.APSSCA,Guntur                                       |                                          407 |                        77 |             |
|          |                    | 2.APSSCA,Kadapa                                       |                                          656 |                       140 |             |
|          |                    | 3.Tadapaligudam (Eluru)                               |                                          181 |                        27 |             |
|          |                    | 4.Yammiganur                                          |                                          223 |                        72 |             |
|          |                    | Total                                                 |                                         1467 |                       316 |             |
| 2.       | Arunanchal Pradesh | 5.Naharlagun                                          |                                            0 |                         0 |             |
|          |                    | Total                                                 |                                            0 |                         0 |             |
| 3.       | Assam              | 6.Banganigaon                                         |                                            0 |                         0 |             |
|          |                    | 7.Guwahati                                            |                                            0 |                         0 |             |
|          |                    | 8. Jorhat                                             |                                            0 |                         0 |             |
|          |                    | 9.Silchar                                             |                                            0 |                         0 |             |
|          |                    | Total                                                 |                                            0 |                         0 |             |
| 4.       | Bihar              | 10.Bhabhua                                            |                                           13 |                         8 |             |
|          |                    | 11.Bhagalpur                                          |                                           89 |                        28 |             |
|          |                    | 12.Darbhanga                                          |                                           41 |                        16 |             |
|          |                    | 13. Motihari                                          |                                            0 |                         0 |             |
|          |                    | 14. Muzaffarpur                                       |                                           27 |                        19 |             |
|          |                    | 15. Patna                                             |                                          406 |                       309 |             |
|          |                    | 16.Saharsa                                            |                                            0 |                         0 |             |
|          |                    | Total                                                 |                                          576 |                       380 |             |
| 5.       | Chattisgarh        | 17.RBPS, Raipur                                       |                                          907 |                       206 |             |
|          |                    | 18.CSSCA, Bilaspur                                    |                                          137 |                        39 |             |
|          |                    | Total                                                 |                                         1044 |                       245 |             |
| 6.       | Delhi              | 19.Barawala                                           |                                           17 |                        08 |             |
|          |                    | Total                                                 |                                           17 |                        08 |             |
| 7.       | Goa                | 20. Old Goa                                           |                                            0 |                         0 |             |
|          |                    | Total                                                 |                                            0 |                         0 |             |
| 8.       | Gujarat            | 21.Ahamadabad                                         |                                           46 |                        09 |             |
|          |                    | 22.Gandhinagar                                        |                                           12 |                        05 |             |
|          |                    | 23.Junagarh                                           |                                           74 |                        48 |             |
|          |                    | 24.Navsari                                            |                                            0 |                         0 |             |
|          |                    | Total                                                 |                                          132 |                        62 |             |
| 9.       | Haryana            | 25.HSSCA,Panchkula                                    |                                          252 |                       138 |             |
|          |                    | 26. HSSCA, Rohtak                                     |                                          388 |                       340 |             |
|          |                    | 27.Sirsa                                              |                                          320 |                       180 |             |
|          |                    | 28.Uchani (Karnal)                                    |                                          483 |                       327 |             |
|          |                    | Total                                                 |                                         1443 |                       985 |             |
| 10.      | H.P.               | 29.Mandi                                              |                                           15 |                        12 |             |
|          |                    | 30.Palampur                                           |                                           41 |                        18 |             |
|          |                    | 31.Shimla                                             |                                            0 |                         0 |             |
|          |                    | 32.Solan                                              |                                           47 |                        24 |             |
|          |                    | Total                                                 |                                          103 |                        54 |             |

| 11.   | J & K      | 33. Jammu             |   59 |   50 |
|-------|------------|-----------------------|------|------|
|       |            | 34. Srinagar          |   38 |   09 |
|       |            | Total                 |   97 |   59 |
| 12.   | Jharkhand  | 35.Dumka              |    0 |    0 |
|       |            | 36.Jamshedpur         |   15 |   07 |
|       |            | 37.Ranchi             |   38 |   25 |
|       |            | 38.Sahabganj          |   22 |   19 |
|       |            | Total                 |   75 |   51 |
| 13.   | Karnataka  | 39.Davanagere         |  113 |   48 |
|       |            | 40.Gangavathi         |  133 |   96 |
|       |            | 41.KSSOCA Dharwad     |  378 |  195 |
|       |            | 42.KSSOCA Hebbal      |  233 |   59 |
|       |            | 43.KSSOCA,Raichur     |  367 |  132 |
|       |            | 44.STL Dharwad        |  250 |  175 |
|       |            | 45.STL Hebbal         |  121 |   95 |
|       |            | Total                 | 1598 |  800 |
| 14.   | Kerala     | 46.Allapuzha          |  145 |  102 |
|       |            | 47. Pattambi          |    0 |    0 |
|       |            | 48.Thiruvananthapuram |    0 |    0 |
|       |            | Total                 |  145 |  102 |
| 15.   | M.P.       | 49. MPSSCA, Bhopal    |  643 |  370 |
|       |            | 50. MPSSCA,Indore     |  747 |  295 |
|       |            | 51. MPSSCA,Jabalpur   |  360 |  234 |
|       |            | 52. MPSSCA,Ujjain     |   30 |   10 |
|       |            | 53. STL, Bhopal       |   60 |   33 |
|       |            | 54. STL, Gwalior      |   70 |   07 |
|       |            | 55. STL, Hosangabad   |   35 |   26 |
|       |            | 56. STL, Indore       |   67 |   48 |
|       |            | 57. STL, Jabalpur     |   60 |   38 |
|       |            | 58. STL, Sagar        |  164 |   83 |
|       |            | 59. STL, Ujjain       |   96 |   65 |
|       |            | Total                 | 2332 | 1209 |
| 16.   | Maharastra | 60.Akola              |  441 |  145 |
|       |            | 61.Aurangabad         |  511 |  221 |
|       |            | 62.Nagpur             |  540 |  314 |
|       |            | 63.Parbhani           |  435 |  219 |
|       |            | 64.STL, Pune          |  367 |  258 |
|       |            | Total                 | 2294 | 1157 |
| 17.   | Manipur    | 65. Imphal            |    0 |    0 |
|       |            | Total                 |    0 |    0 |
| 18.   | Meghalaya  | 66. Shillong          |    3 |   01 |
|       |            | Total                 |   03 |   01 |
| 19.   | Mizoram    | 67. Aizawal           |    0 |    0 |
|       |            | Total                 |    0 |    0 |
| 20    | Nagaland   | 68. Dimapur           |    4 |   03 |
|       |            | Total                 |   04 |   03 |
| 21.   | Odisha     | 69.Balasore           |   33 |   26 |
|       |            | 70.Bargarh            |   48 |   15 |
|       |            | 71.Bhawanipatna       |    0 |    0 |
|       |            | 72.Bhubneshwar        |   30 |   20 |
|       |            | 73.OSSCA Rayagada     |   50 |   31 |
|       |            | 74.Sambalpur          |    0 |    0 |
|       |            | Total                 |  161 |   92 |

| 22.   | Puducherry   | 75.Thattanchavady        | 12       | 02     |
|-------|--------------|--------------------------|----------|--------|
|       |              | Total                    | 12       | 02     |
| 23.   | Punjab       | 76.Faridkot              | 85       | 79     |
|       |              | 77.Gurdaspur             | 367      | 239    |
|       |              | 78. Ludhiana             | 187      | 100    |
|       |              | Total                    | 639      | 418    |
| 24.   | Rajasthan    | 79.Alwar                 | 10       | 10     |
|       |              | 80.Chhittourgarh         | 0        | 0      |
|       |              | 81.Durgapura             | 94       | 31     |
|       |              | 82.Jodhpur               | 25       | 11     |
|       |              | 83.Kota                  | 62       | 51     |
|       |              | 84.SriGangaNagar         | 67       | 41     |
|       |              | Total                    | 258      | 144    |
| 25.   | Sikkim       | 85. Tadong               | 0        | 0      |
|       |              | Total                    | 0        | 0      |
| 26.   | Tamil Nadu   | 86.Coimbatore            | 82       | 47     |
|       |              | 87.Cuddalore             | 50       | 29     |
|       |              | 88.Dharmapuri            | 46       | 15     |
|       |              | 89.Dindigul              | 87       | 40     |
|       |              | 90.Erode                 | 99       | 61     |
|       |              | 91.Kanchipuram           | 33       | 23     |
|       |              | 92.Karur                 | 130      | 62     |
|       |              | 93.Krishnagiri           | 27       | 12     |
|       |              | 94.Madurai               | 48       | 20     |
|       |              | 95.Nagapattinam          | 25       | 12     |
|       |              | 96.Nagercoil             | 33       | 18     |
|       |              | 97.Namakkal              | 108      | 23     |
|       |              | 98.Paramakudi            | 8        | 2      |
|       |              | 99.Perambalur            | 52       | 32     |
|       |              | 100.Pudukkottai          | 34       | 13     |
|       |              | 101.Salem                | 70       | 19     |
|       |              | 102.Sivagangai           | 24       | 09     |
|       |              | 103.Thanjavur            | 57       | 11     |
|       |              | 104.Theni                | 30       | 13     |
|       |              | 105.Thiruvallur          | 24       | 20     |
|       |              | 106.Thiruvarur           | 30       | 11     |
|       |              | 107.Thoothukudi          | 0        | 0      |
|       |              | 108.Tirunelveli          | 93       | 27     |
|       |              | 109.Tiruvannamalai       | 77       | 54     |
|       |              | 110.Trichy               | 38       | 16     |
|       |              | 111.Vellore              | 49       | 14     |
|       |              | 112.Villupuram           | 92       | 26     |
|       |              | 113.Virudhunagar         | 33       | 09     |
| 27.   | Telangana    | Total 114.TDNA Hyderabad | 1479 225 | 638 79 |
|       |              | 115. STL Rajendranagar   | 262      | 106    |
|       |              | 116.TSSOCA Karimnagar    | 0        | 0      |
|       |              | 117.TSSOCA Rajendranagar | 998      | 218    |
|       |              | Total                    | 1485     | 403    |
|       |              | 118. Arundhati nagar     | 0        |        |
| 28.   | Tripura      |                          |          | 0      |
|       |              | Total                    | 0        | 0      |
| 29.   | U.P.         | 119.Azamgarh             | 0        | 0      |

|     |             | 121.Bareilly              |    0 |    0 |
|-----|-------------|---------------------------|------|------|
|     |             | 122. Etawah               |    0 |    0 |
|     |             | 123. Hardoi               |    0 |    0 |
|     |             | 124. Jhansi               |    0 |    0 |
|     |             | 125. Mathura              |    0 |    0 |
|     |             | 126. Meerut               |    0 |    0 |
|     |             | 127.Varanasi              |   87 |   66 |
|     |             | 128.UPSDC,Agra            |    0 |    0 |
|     |             | 129. UPSDC,Faizabad       |    0 |    0 |
|     |             | 130.UPSDC, Lucknow        |    0 |    0 |
|     |             | 131. UPSSCA ,Bareilly     |  415 |  346 |
|     |             | 132. UPSSCA, Kanpur       |  549 |  402 |
|     |             | 133. UPSSCA, Lucknow      |  925 |  631 |
|     |             | 134. UPSSCA ,Mau          |  247 |  226 |
|     |             | 135. UPSSCA MuzaffarNagar |  430 |  401 |
|     |             | 136. Kribhko. Noida       |    0 |    0 |
|     |             | Total                     | 2653 | 2072 |
| 30. | Uttarakhand | 137.Dehradun              |   23 |   14 |
|     |             | 138.Rudrapur              | 2117 | 1738 |
|     |             | 139.T.D.C. Haldi          |   42 |   35 |
|     |             | Total                     | 2182 | 1787 |
| 31. | West Bengal | 140. Bankura              |    0 |    0 |
|     |             | 141. Burdwan              |   41 |   16 |
|     |             | 142. Malda                |  103 |   47 |
|     |             | 143.Nadia                 |    5 |   02 |
|     |             | 144.Tollygunge            |    0 |    0 |
|     |             | Total                     |  149 |   65 |
| 32. | A & N (UT)  | 145. Port Blair           |    0 |    0 |
|     |             | Total                     |    0 |    0 |

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4360  TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 th  March, 2022 REGARDING 'TESTING OF SEEDS AND FERTILIZERS' Annexure-II State wise number of Fertilizer Quality Control Laboratories, samples analyzed and found poor quality during 2020-21

| S.No.   | Name of State    | No. of Labs.   | No. of samples   | No. of samples   |
|---------|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|
|         |                  |                | Analysed         | Non Standard     |
| 1       | Assam            | 1              | 423              | 5                |
| 2       | Mizoram          | 1              | 0                | 0                |
| 3       | Tripura          | 1              | 0                | 0                |
| 4       | Jharkhand        | 1              | 602              | 10               |
| 5       | Bihar            | 1              | 3487             | 82               |
| 6       | Odisha           | 4              | 6540             | 223              |
| 7       | West Bengal      | 3              | 3231             | 295              |
|         | Total East & NER | 11             | 14283            | 615              |
| 8       | Gujarat          | 3              | 10247            | 135              |
| 9       | M.P.             | 6              | 17301            | 1677             |
| 10      | Chhatisgarh      | 1              | 2811             | 290              |
| 11      | Maharashtra      | 5              | 19200            | 1915             |
| 12      | Rajasthan        | 7              | 12570            | 177              |
|         | Total West Zone  | 22             | 62129            | 4194             |
| 13      | Haryana          | 3              | 2708             | 173              |
| 14      | H.P.             | 3              | 2080             | 83               |
| 15      | J&K              | 2              | 803              | 4                |
| 16      | Punjab           | 2              | 3418             | 198              |
| 17      | U.P.             | 4              | 11654            | 750              |
| 18      | Uttarakhand      | 2              | 418              | 5                |
|         | Total North Zone | 16             | 21081            | 1213             |
| 19      | A.P.             | 3              | 10533            | 473              |
| 20      | Telangana        | 2              | 10320            | 211              |
| 21      | Karnataka        | 7              | 12683            | 186              |
| 22      | Kerala           | 2              | 3425             | 142              |
| 23      | Puducherry       | 1              | 402              | 2                |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu       | 14             | 19530            | 871              |
|         | Total South Zone | 29             | 56893            | 1885             |
| 25      | Govt. Of India   | 4              | 5141             | 718              |
|         | Total All India  | 83             | 159527           | 8625             |

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