Lok Sabha Question No. 2577 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-14
Subject: Seed Research Centres
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Rajesh Verma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 2577

TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 th  DECEMBER, 2021

## SEED RESEARCH CENTRES

2577. SHRI RAJESH VERMA:

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

- (a) the total number of Seed Research Centres set up in the country so far, State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  open  new  Seed  Research  Centres  in  the country including in a large State like Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a).   Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has 41 Seed Research Centre in 25 States  under  the  All  India  Coordinated  Research  Project  (AICRP)  on  Seed  (Crops) coordinated  from  Indian  Institute  of  Seed  Science,  Mau  (Uttar  Pradesh).  In  addition  63 cooperating centres (28 states) are also operating in different Central/ State Agricultural Universities  under  ICAR  Seed  Projects  for  quality  seed  production.  The  details  of  State wise seed centre under AICRP on NSP (Crops) and ICAR Seed Project is at Annexure-I.

In addition to this, National Seed Research and Training Centre (NSRTC), Varanasi (Uttar  Pradesh)  under  the Department  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers'  Welfare  is  the  apex centre already working as referral seed testing laboratory and to re-test the court referred seed  samples  under  litigation.  Besides  also  organises  Human  Resource  Development (HRD) activities in respect of Seeds at national level.

- (b) to (d).   As of now no such proposal to set up Seed Research Centre in Uttar Pradesh is under consideration of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Govt. of India.

## Details  of  State-wise  Seed  Centres  under  AICRP  on  NSP  (Crops)  and  ICAR  Seed Project:

|   S. No. | State                     | Centre                                                                  |
|----------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Assam                     | 1. Jorhat                                                               |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh            | 1. Guntur                                                               |
|        3 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 1. Port Blair                                                           |
|        4 | Bihar                     | 2. Sabour and Pusa                                                      |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh              | 1. Raipur                                                               |
|        6 | Delhi                     | 1. New Delhi                                                            |
|        7 | Goa                       | 1. Goa                                                                  |
|        8 | Gujarat                   | 5. Anand, SK Nagar, Navsari and Junagadh (2)                            |
|        9 | Haryana                   | 3. Hisar and Karnal (2)                                                 |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh          | 1. Palampur                                                             |
|       11 | Jammu & Kashmir           | 2. Srinagar and Jammu                                                   |
|       12 | Jharkhand                 | 1. Ranchi                                                               |
|       13 | Karnataka                 | 4. Bangalore, Dharwad, Raichur and Shimogga                             |
|       14 | Kerala                    | 1. Trissur                                                              |
|       15 | Madhya Pradesh            | 3. Jabalpur, Gwalior and Indore                                         |
|       16 | Maharashtra               | 6. Parbhani, Rahuri, Akola, Dapoli, Pune and Nagpur                     |
|       17 | Manipur                   | 2. Imphal and Manipur Centre                                            |
|       18 | Meghalaya                 | 1. Barapani                                                             |
|       19 | Odisha                    | 2. Bhubaneswar and Cuttack                                              |
|       20 | Punjab                    | 2. Ludhiana                                                             |
|       21 | Puducherry                | 1. Karaikal                                                             |
|       22 | Rajasthan                 | 6. Kota, Bikaner, Jobner, Udaipur, Jodhpur and Bharatpur                |
|       23 | Telangana                 | 4. Hyderabad                                                            |
|       24 | Tamil Nadu                | 2. Coimbatore                                                           |
|       25 | Tripura                   | 1. Tripura Centre                                                       |
|       26 | Uttar Pradesh             | 8. Faizabad, Kanpur , Meerut, Varanasi, Mau, Jhansi, Lucknow and Kanpur |
|       27 | Uttarakhand               | 2. Pantnagar and Almora                                                 |
|       28 | West Bengal               | 3. Nadia, Pundibari and Barrackpore                                     |

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