Lok Sabha Question No. 1691 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-08
Subject: Quality of Seeds
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1691

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH   MARCH, 2016

## QUALITY OF SEEDS

1691.    SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it is  a fact  that  some seed producing companies are supplying substandard/ fake/ spurious seeds to the Government agencies;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the response of the Government thereto; and
- (c) the action taken by the Government against such companies to protect the farmers/consumers interests?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्राऱय में राज्य मंत्री (DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

(a) to (c): No State Government has reported that seed producing companies are supplying sub-standard/fake/spurious seeds to the Government agencies.  Moreover, the quality of seeds supplied  to  the  farmers  is  ensured  through  the  Seeds  Act,  1966,  the  Seed  Rules,  1968,  the Seeds (Control) Order, 1983 and the Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986 under which State Governments  have    been  empowered  to  appoint  seed  inspectors,  establish  Seed  Testing Laboratories and take appropriate measures like, issue of warning, show cause notices, stop sale order, trial in the count etc., to curb the sale of spurious seeds in the country.  The State wise progress report of Seed Law Enforcement for the last year is at Annexure-I.

Progress Report of Seed Law Enforcement during 2014-15

|   S.No. | State            | Total No. Samples drawn   | No. of samples found sub- standard   | No. of cases in which warning issued   | No. of cases stop sale order issued   | No. of cases filed in the Court of Law   | No. of cases decided by Court of Law fine/imprisonment awarded   | No. of cases pending in Court of Law   | No. of case where seed forfeited   |
|---------|------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|       1 | 2                | 3                         | 4                                    | 5                                      | 6                                     | 7                                        | 8                                                                | 9                                      | 10                                 |
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh   | 14345                     | 182                                  | 80                                     | 0                                     | 60                                       | 0                                                                | 70                                     | 0                                  |
|       2 | Assam            | 0                         | 0                                    | 0                                      | 0                                     | 0                                        | 0                                                                | 0                                      | 0                                  |
|       3 | Bihar            | 1676                      | 147                                  | 0                                      | 147                                   | 0                                        | 0                                                                | 0                                      | 0                                  |
|       4 | Chhattisgarh     | 14345                     | 182                                  | 80                                     | 0                                     | 60                                       | 0                                                                | 70                                     | 0                                  |
|       5 | Delhi            | 0                         | 0                                    | 0                                      | 0                                     | 0                                        | 0                                                                | 0                                      | 0                                  |
|       6 | Gujarat          | 6949                      | 170                                  | 47                                     | 180                                   | 25                                       | 0                                                                | 160                                    | 0                                  |
|       7 | Haryana          | 4556                      | 57                                   | 22                                     |                                       | 20                                       | 0                                                                | 20                                     |                                    |
|       8 | Himachal Pradesh | 2892                      | 25                                   | 25                                     | 0                                     | 0                                        | 0                                                                | 0                                      | 0                                  |
|       9 | Jammu & Kashmir  | 834                       | 18                                   | -                                      | -                                     | 18                                       | -                                                                | -                                      | -                                  |
|      13 | Jharkhand        | 4120                      | 57                                   | 21                                     | 0                                     | 0                                        | 0                                                                | 0                                      | 0                                  |
|      11 | Karnataka        | 10284                     | 101                                  | 25                                     | 22                                    | 22                                       | 9                                                                | 25                                     | 0                                  |
|      12 | Kerala           | -                         | -                                    | -                                      | -                                     | -                                        | -                                                                | -                                      | -                                  |
|      13 | Madhya Pradesh   | 6722                      | 969                                  | 0                                      | 0                                     | 0                                        | 0                                                                | 0                                      | 0                                  |
|      14 | Maharashtra      | 20513                     | 841                                  | 510                                    | 1578                                  | 133                                      | 0                                                                | 369                                    | 58                                 |
|      15 | Mizoram          | -                         | -                                    | -                                      | -                                     | -                                        | -                                                                | -                                      | -                                  |
|      16 | Orissa           | 1258                      | 138                                  | 0                                      | -                                     | -                                        | -                                                                | -                                      | -                                  |
|      17 | Punjab           | 610                       | 25                                   | 0                                      | 14                                    | 0                                        | 0                                                                | 0                                      | 0                                  |
|      18 | Pondicherry      | 324                       | 38                                   | 1                                      | 0                                     | 0                                        | 0                                                                | 0                                      | 0                                  |
|      19 | Rajasthan        | 4104                      | 211                                  | -                                      | -                                     | -                                        | -                                                                | -                                      | -                                  |
|      20 | Tamil Nadu       | 51002                     | 3531                                 | 1695                                   | 2242                                  | 245                                      | 20                                                               | 468                                    | 0                                  |
|      21 | Telangana        | 9052                      | 194                                  | 0                                      | 60                                    | 50                                       | 0                                                                | 164                                    | 0                                  |
|      22 | Uttar Pradesh    | 7126                      | 89                                   | 15                                     | 2                                     | 2                                        | 0                                                                | 2                                      | 0                                  |
|      23 | Uttarakhand      | 262                       | 1                                    | 1                                      | 0                                     | 0                                        | 0                                                                | 0                                      | 0                                  |
|      24 | West Bengal      | 2557                      | 319                                  | 130                                    | 130                                   | 0                                        | 0                                                                | 0                                      | 0                                  |

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ANNEXURE