Lok Sabha Question No. 4359 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-19
Subject: Inferior Quality Seeds
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Azad Kirti Jha

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4359

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH  AUGUST, 2025

## INFERIOR QUALITY SEEDS

4359. SHRI AZAD KIRTI JHA:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष और िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that many farmers have been sold ineffective and inferior quality seeds in past 5 years, if so, the details of cases reported and action taken  against responsible parties thereof, State/UT-wise; (b) whether  any  economic  assessment  has  been  carried  out  on  yield  losses,  income foregone and market disruption caused by these ineffective seeds, if so, the details thereof; (c) whether  the  Government  has  compensated  or  is  planning  to  compensate  the associated farmers duped by these ineffective seeds, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; (d) the current status of public seed testing laboratories all over the country, their testing turnaround times and accreditation levels, State/UT-wise; (e) the mechanisms existing for farmers to lodge complaints, number of cases disposedof within prescribed time limits; and
- (f) the measures the Government is taking to prevent such incidences in the future?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण राǛ मंũी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

- (a): Various  provisions  under  the  Seeds  Act,  1966,  the  Seed  Rules,  1968  and  the Seeds (Control) Order, 1983 are being implemented across the Country to ensure that quality seeds are available in the market for the benefit of farmers and to curb the sale of  sub-standard/spurious  seeds.  Further,  State  Governments  notify  Seed  Inspectors under the act to draw samples of seeds from the dealer/ retailers premises to check the quality  of  seeds and initiate legal action if seed samples are found sub-standard, and punitive action like cancelation of seed dealer license, seize the stock, issue of warning, issue 'Stop Sale' order and file the case in the Court etc.  The details of State wise seed samples drawn and action taken against the defaulters during the last five years in the country is enclosed at Annexure I to V.
- (b): Yield  losses and related  income  losses to farmers are  result of  multiple factors including  seed  quality,  weather  disruption,  soil  health,  package  of  practices  followed pest and disease infestations etc. However, Government has taken necessary steps to ensure  quality  seeds  become  available  to  farmers  by  providing  support  to  improve

infrastructure  for  seed  quality.  There  are  178  seed  testing  laboratories  in  the  Country and 25 State Seed Certification Agencies are working under the supervision and control of various State Governments. Besides several public sector corporations and agencies are involved in quality seed production. Besides, Government also implements Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana to mitigate the financial loss due to crop damage. Due to the concerted efforts of DA&FW and State Agriculture Department and implementation of various  schemes in  the agriculture  sector,  food  grains  production  has  increased  from 297.50  Million  Tons  to  353.96  Million  Tons  in  the  country  during  the  year  2019-20  to 2024-25 despite changing weather pattern.

(c): The  action  taken  for  enforcement  of  various    seed  laws  for  protecting  farmers from poor quality seeds  are provided in annexure I to V.

(d): At present, 178 notified Seed Testing laboratories (STLs) from public sector are working  in  the  country,  out  of  which  ten  STLs  (one  laboratory  each  in  Gujarat, Karnataka,  Maharashtra,  Odisha,  Uttar  Pradesh,  and  five  laboratories  of  Rajasthan State) are National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) accredited  and  two  STLs  (one  laboratory  each  Telangana  and  Tamil  Nadu)  are International  Seed  Testing  Association  (ISTA)  accredited.  The  Turned  Around  Time (ToT) of seed testing varies from crop to crop and provided in the Seed Testing Manual. The  maximum  time  for  60  days  as  provided  in  the  Seeds  (Control)  Order,  1983  for declaring the result of the testing.

(e) & (f): In  case  of  Crop  failure  due  to  sub-standard/spurious  seeds,  farmers  can lodge complain with Seed Inspector to initiate the legal action against seed supplier. The Seed Inspector can take penal action namely cancelation of seed dealer licence,  seize the stock, issue of warning,  issue 'Stop Sale' Order and file the case in the Court etc if found sub-standard/spurious seeds. To ensure supply of quality seeds to the farmers, the Government of India also issues advisories to the States to ensure implementation of existing Seed legal framework strictly to curb the sale of sub-standard seeds in the Country. Besides, the Government  takes  several measures  to  strengthen legal framework including to provide the financial assistance (100% GoI share) to the states and implementing agencies (public sector) for purchase of equipments, construction of building, renovation, membership fee and technical audit of STLs for International Seed Testing

Association (ISTA) accreditation, Specialized Seed Health Lab  and DNA finger printing  facility,  strengthening  of  Grow-Out-Test  Farm,  setting  up  of  Green  House facilities  and  capacity  building  etc  under  National  Food  Security  &  Nutrition  Mission (NFSNM) Seed components (erstwhile Sub-Mission on Seeds & Planting Material).

Government has also implemented digital traceability of seed production through SATHI Portal (Seed Authentication, Traceability & Holistic Inventory). Phase I of SATHI has implemented in 23 States/UTs, covering the complete seed production chain. Phase II of SATHI is being rolled out in some States.

## Seed Law Enforcement for the year 2020-21

| S.No.   | State            |   No. of samples drawn |   No. of samples found sub- standard |   No. of cases in which warning issued |   No. of stop sale orders issued |   No. of cases filed in the court |   No. of cases decided by Court of Law fine/Imprisonment awarded |   No. of cases sub- judice |   No.of cases of forfeiture |
|---------|------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh   |                  10095 |                                  127 |                                     85 |                               10 |                                32 |                                                                0 |                          9 |                           0 |
| 2       | Assam            |                      0 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 3       | Bihar            |                  12821 |                                   88 |                                      0 |                                5 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh     |                   3763 |                                  180 |                                      0 |                              180 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 5       | Gujarat          |                   6561 |                                  159 |                                     17 |                              105 |                               102 |                                                               16 |                         86 |                           1 |
| 6       | Haryana          |                   2725 |                                   16 |                                      1 |                               11 |                                 4 |                                                                0 |                          4 |                           0 |
| 7       | Himachal Pradesh |                    686 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 8       | J&k              |                      0 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 9       | Jharkhand        |                   1268 |                                   50 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 10      | Karnataka        |                   7869 |                                  298 |                                    145 |                                4 |                                 7 |                                                                0 |                          7 |                           0 |
| 11      | Kerala           |                      0 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 12      | M.P              |                  13150 |                                  983 |                                    463 |                              847 |                                16 |                                                                3 |                         15 |                           5 |
| 13      | Maharashtra      |                      0 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 14      | Orrisa           |                   6195 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 15      | Punjab           |                   3636 |                                  138 |                                    106 |                               78 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 16      | Rajasthan        |                   4881 |                                  106 |                                    106 |                                3 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 17      | Tamil Nadu       |                  28092 |                                  454 |                                    293 |                             1248 |                                13 |                                                             1500 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 18      | Telangana        |                   9995 |                                  209 |                                    209 |                              209 |                               209 |                                                                0 |                        209 |                           0 |
| 19      | Tripura          |                      0 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 20      | UP               |                  15740 |                                  299 |                                     40 |                               18 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 21      | Uttarakhand      |                    482 |                                    6 |                                      6 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 22      | West Bengal      |                  38117 |                                 3218 |                                     87 |                              310 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 23.     | Delhi            |                      0 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 24.     | Puducherry       |                    125 |                                   22 |                                      3 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| Total   | Total            |                 166201 |                                 6353 |                                   1561 |                             3028 |                               383 |                                                             1519 |                        330 |                           6 |

## Annexure-I

## Seed Law Enforcement for the year 2021-2022

| S. No.   | State            |   No. of samples drawn |   No. of samples found sub- standard |   No. of cases in which warning issued |   No. of stop sale orders issued |   No. of cases filed in the court |   No. of cases decided by Court of Law fine/Imprisonment awarded |   No. of cases sub- judice |   No.of cases of forfeiture |
|----------|------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   |                  10018 |                                  133 |                                     60 |                               36 |                                15 |                                                                0 |                          9 |                           0 |
| 2        | Assam            |                      0 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 3        | Bihar            |                  13184 |                                   36 |                                      2 |                                2 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh     |                   3313 |                                  123 |                                    123 |                              123 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 5        | Gujarat          |                   6814 |                                  126 |                                     12 |                              137 |                               102 |                                                               42 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 6        | Haryana          |                   3213 |                                   12 |                                      4 |                                8 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh |                    332 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 8        | J&k              |                      0 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 9        | Jharkhand        |                    772 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 10       | Karnataka        |                  10114 |                                  178 |                                     50 |                               20 |                                22 |                                                                0 |                         20 |                           5 |
| 11       | Kerala           |                      0 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 12       | M.P              |                  13570 |                                  871 |                                    484 |                              788 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          4 |                          10 |
| 13       | Maharashtra      |                      0 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 14       | Orrisa           |                   1143 |                                  199 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                2 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 15       | Punjab           |                  20754 |                                  189 |                                    141 |                              145 |                                 4 |                                                                2 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 16       | Rajasthan        |                      0 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 17       | Tamil Nadu       |                  52623 |                                 1744 |                                   1662 |                             3025 |                               168 |                                                             3157 |                         38 |                           0 |
| 18       | Telangana        |                  10339 |                                  302 |                                    302 |                              252 |                               302 |                                                                0 |                        299 |                           3 |
| 19       | Tripura          |                      0 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 20       | UP               |                  18387 |                                  372 |                                    133 |                               87 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 21       | Uttarakhand      |                    519 |                                    8 |                                      6 |                                2 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 22       | West Bengal      |                  33905 |                                 3098 |                                     95 |                               80 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 23       | Delhi            |                      0 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 24       | Puducherry       |                    111 |                                   51 |                                      4 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| Total    | Total            |                 199111 |                                 7442 |                                   3078 |                             4705 |                               613 |                                                             3203 |                        370 |                          18 |

## Seed Law Enforcement for the year 2022-2023

| S. No.   | State            |   No. of samples drawn |   No. of samples found sub- standard |   No. of cases in which warning issued |   No. of stop sale orders issued |   No. of cases filed in the court |   No. of cases decided by Court of Law fine/Imprisonment awarded |   No. of cases sub- judice |   No.of cases of forfeiture |
|----------|------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   |                  10658 |                                  133 |                                     18 |                               64 |                                54 |                                                                1 |                         15 |                           1 |
| 2        | Assam            |                      0 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 3        | Bihar            |                  14436 |                                  147 |                                     14 |                               32 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh     |                   4433 |                                  168 |                                    168 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 5        | Gujarat          |                   7497 |                                  194 |                                     30 |                              192 |                               162 |                                                               56 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 6        | Haryana          |                   3027 |                                    8 |                                      4 |                                4 |                                 2 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh |                    569 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 8        | J& K             |                      0 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 9        | Jharkhand        |                    772 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 10       | Karnataka        |                   9843 |                                  234 |                                     12 |                              180 |                               186 |                                                                0 |                        186 |                          10 |
| 11       | Kerala           |                      0 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 12       | M.P              |                  13176 |                                 1347 |                                    620 |                             1082 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           1 |
| 13       | Maharashtra      |                      0 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 14       | Odisha           |                   1166 |                                  575 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 15       | Punjab           |                      0 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 16       | Rajasthan        |                      0 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 17       | Tamil Nadu       |                  55407 |                                 1714 |                                   1316 |                             2094 |                               152 |                                                              155 |                         96 |                           0 |
| 18       | Telangana        |                  11954 |                                  398 |                                    252 |                               88 |                               325 |                                                                0 |                        325 |                           0 |
| 19       | Tripura          |                      0 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 20       | UP               |                  17475 |                                  320 |                                     66 |                               80 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 21       | Uttarakhand      |                    713 |                                   19 |                                     19 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 22       | West Bengal      |                  31396 |                                 2714 |                                    105 |                               70 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 23       | Delhi            |                      0 |                                    0 |                                      0 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| 24       | Puducherry       |                    119 |                                   36 |                                      9 |                                0 |                                 0 |                                                                0 |                          0 |                           0 |
| Total    | Total            |                 182641 |                                 8007 |                                   2633 |                             3886 |                               881 |                                                              212 |                        622 |                          12 |

## Seed Law Enforcement for the year 2023-2024

| S. No.   | State            | No. of sampl es draw n   |   No. of sampl es found sub- stand ard |   No. of cases in which warni ng issue d | No. of stop sale orde rs issu ed   |   No. of cas es file d in the cou rt |   No. of cases decided by Court of Law fine/Imprison ment awarded |   No. of cas es sub- judi ce |   No.of cases of forfeit ure |
|----------|------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   | 1224 6                   |                                    165 |                                       15 | 232                                |                                  151 |                                                                 0 |                          151 |                           34 |
| 2        | Assam            | 0                        |                                      0 |                                        0 | 0                                  |                                    0 |                                                                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 3        | Bihar            | 1258 2                   |                                    154 |                                        0 | 40                                 |                                    0 |                                                                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh     | 6121                     |                                    196 |                                      196 | 196                                |                                    0 |                                                                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 5        | Gujarat          | 2388 3                   |                                    537 |                                      194 | 204                                |                                  288 |                                                               150 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 6        | Haryana          | 2784                     |                                     39 |                                       24 | 5                                  |                                    1 |                                                                 0 |                            1 |                            0 |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh | 618                      |                                      0 |                                        0 | 0                                  |                                    0 |                                                                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 8        | J&K              | 0                        |                                      0 |                                        0 | 0                                  |                                    0 |                                                                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 9        | Jharkhand        | 772                      |                                      0 |                                        0 | 0                                  |                                    0 |                                                                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 10       | Karnataka        | 6894                     |                                     76 |                                       10 | 66                                 |                                    0 |                                                                 0 |                           66 |                            0 |
| 11       | Kerala           | 0                        |                                      0 |                                        0 | 0                                  |                                    0 |                                                                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 12       | M.P              | 1751 9                   |                                   1539 |                                      855 | 142 2                              |                                    0 |                                                                 0 |                            0 |                            1 |
| 13       | Maharashtra      | 0                        |                                      0 |                                        0 | 0                                  |                                    0 |                                                                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 14       | Odisha           | 1553                     |                                     75 |                                        0 | 0                                  |                                    0 |                                                                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 15       | Punjab           | 0                        |                                      0 |                                        0 | 0                                  |                                    0 |                                                                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 16       | Rajasthan        | 0                        |                                      0 |                                        0 | 0                                  |                                    0 |                                                                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 17       | Tamil Nadu       | 1921 8                   |                                    394 |                                      285 | 618                                |                                   34 |                                                                10 |                           13 |                            0 |
| 18       | Telangana        | 1192 0                   |                                    348 |                                      348 | 25                                 |                                  301 |                                                                16 |                          285 |                            0 |
| 19       | Tripura          | 0                        |                                      0 |                                        0 | 0                                  |                                    0 |                                                                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 20       | UP               | 1701 3                   |                                    357 |                                       45 | 4                                  |                                    0 |                                                                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 21       | Uttarakhand      | 493                      |                                      5 |                                        0 | 0                                  |                                    0 |                                                                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 22       | West Bengal      | 2488 8                   |                                   1235 |                                      102 | 63                                 |                                    0 |                                                                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 23       | Delhi            | 0                        |                                      0 |                                        0 | 0                                  |                                    0 |                                                                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 24       | Puducherry       | 60                       |                                     15 |                                        7 | 0                                  |                                    0 |                                                                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| Total    | Total            | 1585 64                  |                                   5135 |                                     2081 | 287 5                              |                                  775 |                                                               176 |                          516 |                           35 |

## Seed Law Enforcement for the year 2024-2025

| S. No.   | State            |   No. of samples drawn |   No. of samples found sub- standard |   No. of cases in which warni ng issue d |   No. of stop sale orde rs issue d |   No. of case s filed in the cour t |   No. of cases decided by Court of Law fine/ Imprisonme nt awarded |   No. of case s sub- judic e |   No. of cases of forfeiture |
|----------|------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   |                  13888 |                                  186 |                                      186 |                                232 |                                  31 |                                                                  1 |                           31 |                           13 |
| 2        | Assam            |                     97 |                                    0 |                                        0 |                                  0 |                                   0 |                                                                  0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 3        | Bihar            |                  14290 |                                  365 |                                        2 |                                 34 |                                   0 |                                                                  0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh     |                   7218 |                                  326 |                                        0 |                                326 |                                   0 |                                                                  0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 5        | Delhi            |                     49 |                                    0 |                                        0 |                                  0 |                                   0 |                                                                  0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 6        | Gujarat          |                  17346 |                                  507 |                                       79 |                                  0 |                                 403 |                                                                137 |                          266 |                            0 |
| 7        | Haryana          |                   3336 |                                   63 |                                       19 |                                  0 |                                  38 |                                                                  0 |                           18 |                            0 |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh |                    720 |                                    0 |                                        0 |                                  0 |                                   0 |                                                                  0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 9        | J & K            |                    578 |                                    9 |                                       45 |                                  8 |                                   8 |                                                                  3 |                            5 |                            0 |
| 10       | Jharkhand        |                   1588 |                                    1 |                                        2 |                                  0 |                                   0 |                                                                  0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 11       | Karnataka        |                  10249 |                                  102 |                                       73 |                                 69 |                                  75 |                                                                 16 |                            3 |                            0 |
| 12       | Kerala           |                   3653 |                                  145 |                                        0 |                                  0 |                                   0 |                                                                  0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 13       | Maharashtra      |                  30333 |                                 1031 |                                      589 |                               1189 |                                 442 |                                                                 85 |                          442 |                           52 |
| 14       | MP               |                  19716 |                                 1438 |                                      822 |                               1406 |                                   6 |                                                                  0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 15       | Odisha           |                   4449 |                                 1363 |                                      773 |                                 48 |                                   0 |                                                                  0 |                            0 |                           25 |
| 16       | Puducherry       |                    106 |                                   25 |                                       17 |                                  8 |                                   0 |                                                                  0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 17       | Punjab           |                   5612 |                                  148 |                                      144 |                                 64 |                                   1 |                                                                  3 |                           11 |                            0 |
| 18       | Rajasthan        |                   6382 |                                  190 |                                        0 |                                  5 |                                   0 |                                                                  0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 19       | Tamil Nadu       |                  52143 |                                 1565 |                                     1046 |                               2112 |                                 115 |                                                                 55 |                           60 |                            0 |
| 20       | Telangana        |                  11946 |                                  247 |                                      173 |                                109 |                                 212 |                                                                  0 |                           69 |                            0 |
| 21       | Tripura          |                    961 |                                   48 |                                       48 |                                  0 |                                   0 |                                                                  0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 22       | UP               |                  17408 |                                  306 |                                       64 |                                 39 |                                   0 |                                                                  0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 23       | Uttarakhand      |                    541 |                                    0 |                                        0 |                                  0 |                                   0 |                                                                  0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 24       | West Bengal      |                  30267 |                                24460 |                                     2178 |                                  5 |                                   0 |                                                                  0 |                            0 |                            0 |
|          | Total            |                 252876 |                                32525 |                                     6260 |                               5654 |                                1331 |                                                                300 |                          905 |                           90 |

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