Lok Sabha Question No. 287 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-19
Subject: Supply of Seeds
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL), P. KARUNAKARAN, ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT, RAGHAV LAKHANPAL, AJAY (TENI) MISRA

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.287

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH  JULY, 2016

## SUPPLY OF SEEDS

287. SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL:

SHRI ARVIND SAWANT:

SHRI RAGHAV LAKHANPAL:

SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

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

- (a) the details of the total demand of seeds in the country alongwith the amount of seeds supplied by the Government agencies, State-wise during each of the last three years;
- (b) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  production  and  supply  of  seeds  by  the  Government agencies/companies to the farmers are not satisfactory as the farmers have to purchase the same  from  the  market  and  the  quality  of  these  seeds  are  below  standard  and  their  per hectare yield is also very low, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of such companies which are supplying substandard/fake/spurious seeds during the last three years and the current year, State-wise alongwith the action taken by the Government against such companies;
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to ensure production and supply of assured good quality  seeds  to  the  farmers  at  controlled  rates  as  seed  is  a  critical  and  basic  input  for attaining higher crop yields and sustained growth in agricultural production; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to ensure that seed industry not only produces adequate quantum of quality seeds but also achieves varietal diversity to suit various agroclimatic zones of the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI  SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

- (a): State  wise  details  of  the  demand  and  supply  of  certified/quality  seeds  by  the Government agencies during last 3 years are at Annexure-I.

(b): Generally,  seeds  supplied  by  Government  agencies  are  certified  seeds  which  are duly certified by the State Seed Certification Agencies (SSCAs) on meeting the minimum field standards and minimum seed certification standards.

(c): A  few  cases  of  supply  of  spurious  seeds  were  reported  by  the  States  like Maharashtra,  Rajasthan,  Telangana  &  Madhya  Pradesh.  However,  there  is  no  report regarding  the  impact  on  agricultural  production  due  to  such  sporadic  cases.  The  overall agricultural  production  in  the  country  has  remained  robust  during  the  last  three  years despite  of  adverse  climatic  conditions.  Details  of  complaints  of  supply  of  spurious  seeds received  from  the  State  Governments  for  the  last  three  years  and  action  taken  is  at Annexure-II.

(d): The Government provides assistance/subsidy for seed production and distribution of high  yielding  seeds  to  farmers  at  reasonable  rate  through  various  crop  development programmes/schemes  viz.  National  Food  security  Mission  (NFSM),  Bringing    Green Revolution  in  Eastern  India  (BGREI),  National  Mission  on  Oil  Seeds  and  Oil  Palm (NMOOP), Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) and National Mission on Agricultural Extension & Technology (NMAET) - Sub Mission on Seeds & Planting Material (SMSP).

(e): India follow a well established seed generation system of production of seeds from Breeder  Seeds  to  foundation  and  then  certified  seeds.  To  produce  adequate  quantity  of certified/quality  seeds  of  suitable  varieties  for  various  agro  climatic  zones  of  the  country, 86213.25  quintals  of  breeder  seed  was  produced  by  the  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural Research  Institute  and  State  Agricultural  Universities  in  2014-15.  Based  on  the  indents received  both  from  the  public  sector  (including  State  Governments)  and  private  industry, 68517.74  quintals  was  allocated  to  all  the  seed  producers  in  2015-16  for  production  of adequate quantity of certified/quality seeds.

| Annexure-I            | Annexure-I    | Annexure-I    | Annexure-I   | Annexure-I   | Annexure-I   | Annexure-I    | Annexure-I   | Annexure-I   | Annexure-I   | Annexure-I    | Annexure-I   | Annexure-I   |
|-----------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|
| Details of Government |               |               |              |              |              |               |              |              |              |               |              |              |
| State                 |               | 2013-14       | 2013-14      | 2013-14      |              | 2014-15       | 2014-15      | 2014-15      | Requir -ment | 2015-16       | 2015-16      | 2015-16      |
|                       |               | Availability  | Availability | Availability | Requir       | Availability  | Availability | Availability |              | Availability  | Availability | Availability |
|                       | Requir - ment | Govt Agencies | Pvt          | Total        | -ment        | Govt Agencies | Pvt          | Total        |              | Govt Agencies | Pvt          | Total        |
| Andhra Pradesh        | 47.38         | 29.51         | 26.72        | 56.23        | 38.53        | 21.75         | 18.43        | 40.18        | 22.43        | 12.15         | 10.79        | 22.94        |
| Aruanchal Pradesh     | 0.11          | 0.10          | 0.01         | 0.11         | 0.04         | 0.00          | 0.04         | 0.04         | 0.12         | 0.12          | 0.00         | 0.12         |
| Assam                 | 6.79          | 2.13          | 4.66         | 6.79         | 7.66         | 1.32          | 6.35         | 7.67         | 5.94         | 1.82          | 4.12         | 5.94         |
| Bihar                 | 15.14         | 8.66          | 8.37         | 17.02        | 14.53        | 6.45          | 3.71         | 10.15        | 13.01        | 9.30          | 4.61         | 13.91        |
| Chhatisgarh           | 8.42          | 8.99          | 2.37         | 11.36        | 9.06         | 9.57          | 1.64         | 11.21        | 8.38         | 9.06          | 1.25         | 10.32        |
| Goa                   | 0.06          | 0.05          | 0.01         | 0.06         | 0.05         | 0.05          | 0.00         | 0.05         | 0.05         | 0.05          | 0.00         | 0.05         |
| Gujarat               | 12.32         | 3.57          | 9.06         | 12.63        | 13.16        | 4.52          | 9.68         | 14.20        | 13.29        | 3.26          | 10.44        | 13.70        |
| Haryana               | 14.68         | 4.83          | 11.42        | 16.25        | 15.26        | 4.02          | 14.44        | 18.46        | 14.73        | 4.28          | 14.07        | 18.35        |
| Himachal Pradesh      | 1.42          | 1.28          | 0.14         | 1.42         | 1.60         | 1.43          | 0.00         | 1.43         | 1.41         | 0.96          | 0.13         | 1.09         |
| Jharkhand             | 3.19          | 3.43          | 0.00         | 3.43         | 4.01         | 1.90          | 0.00         | 1.90         | 4.73         | 2.51          | 2.07         | 4.58         |
| J&K                   | 1.53          | 1.34          | 0.19         | 1.53         | 1.87         | 1.66          | 0.21         | 1.87         | 2.08         | 1.76          | 0.31         | 2.07         |
| Karnataka             | 15.53         | 7.16          | 8.47         | 15.63        | 15.61        | 7.13          | 9.46         | 16.59        | 17.07        | 8.17          | 10.75        | 18.92        |
| Kerala                | 1.00          | 1.00          | 0.00         | 1.00         | 1.01         | 1.01          | 0.00         | 1.01         | 0.48         | 0.71          | 0.00         | 0.71         |
| MP                    | 34.28         | 17.21         | 16.78        | 33.99        | 37.09        | 12.08         | 19.55        | 31.63        | 39.91        | 8.81          | 18.45        | 27.26        |
| Meghalaya             | 0.23          | 0.16          | 0.07         | 0.23         | 0.26         | 0.19          | 0.07         | 0.26         | 0.20         | 0.14          | 0.06         | 0.20         |
| Maharashtra           | 28.08         | 13.48         | 14.86        | 28.34        | 27.25        | 10.87         | 15.66        | 26.53        | 23.41        | 11.48         | 12.55        | 24.03        |
| Manipur               | 0.21          | 0.21          | 0.00         | 0.21         | 0.23         | 0.23          | 0.00         | 0.23         | 0.24         | 0.22          | 0.01         | 0.24         |
| Mizoram               | 0.15          | 0.15          | 0.00         | 0.15         | 0.16         | 0.16          | 0.00         | 0.16         | 0.28         | 0.03          | 0.01         | 0.04         |
| Nagaland              | 0.64          | 0.30          | 0.34         | 0.64         | 0.40         | 0.26          | 0.13         | 0.40         | 0.69         | 0.35          | 0.20         | 0.55         |
| Orissa                | 9.15          | 8.78          | 0.00         | 8.78         | 9.63         | 9.58          | 0.00         | 9.58         | 9.83         | 11.79         | 0.00         | 11.79        |
| Puducherry Punjab     | 0.06 13.72    | 0.05 2.48     | 0.01 13.28   | 0.06 15.77   | 0.05         | 0.04          | 0.01 15.51   | 0.05 18.03   | 0.07 13.49   | 0.06 1.62     | 0.01 13.20   | 0.07 14.82   |
|                       |               |               |              |              | 14.06        | 2.52          |              |              |              |               |              |              |
| Rajasthan             | 20.77         | 14.98         | 7.87         | 22.84        | 20.57        | 12.78         | 10.55        | 23.33        | 22.65        | 10.78         | 12.74        | 23.52        |
| Sikkim                | 0.05          | 0.05          | 0.00         | 0.05         | 0.04         | 0.02          | 0.02         | 0.04         | 0.04         | 0.04          | 0.00         | 0.04         |
| Tamilnadu             | 9.49          | 4.27          | 6.21         | 10.48        | 10.67        | 3.35          | 7.73         | 11.08        | 10.43        | 4.03          | 6.93         | 10.96        |
| Telanagana            |               |               |              |              | 6.07         | 6.61          | 2.07         | 8.69         | 13.86        | 7.04          | 9.69         | 16.73        |
| Tripura               | 0.23          | 0.23          | 0.00         | 0.23         | 0.31         | 0.28          | 0.00         | 0.28         | 0.49         | 0.50          | 0.01         | 0.51         |
| Uttranchal            | 0.93          | 1.23          | 0.00         | 1.24         | 0.73         | 1.04          | 0.00         | 1.04         | 0.78         | 2.42          | 0.00         | 2.42         |
| Uttar Pradesh         | 53.88         | 19.32         | 26.76        | 46.08        | 53.33        | 16.70         | 37.80        | 54.49        | 55.51        | 20.65         | 35.27        | 55.92        |
| West Bengal TOTAL :   | 35.81 335.26  | 12.81 167.76  | 21.95 179.55 | 34.76 347.31 | 40.28 343.56 | 13.48 151.03  | 27.68 200.73 | 41.16 351.77 | 41.49 337.09 | 13.15 147.28  | 28.56 196.24 | 41.71 343.52 |

Annexure-II Details  of  complaints  of  supply  of  spurious/sub-standard  seed  received  from  the  State Governments for the last three years and action taken

| Sl. No.   | Name of State                  | Types of complaints                                                                                                                                    | Action Taken                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|-----------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2015-16   | 2015-16                        | 2015-16                                                                                                                                                | 2015-16                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 1.        | Maharashtra                    | State Government has reported 69 complaints in cotton, 51 complaints in banana, 19 complaints in vegetable and other seeds and 1 complaint in soybean. | Action as per the law including launching police cases, filing court cases, stop sales, suspension and cancellation of licenses, issuance of stop sale order, seizure of stocks were taken. Further, strengthened enforcement wing with 1131 quality control Inspectors, Vigilance squads, Control rooms were formed at Divisional, Sub-Divisional, District and Panchayat Samiti level to monitor seeds law enforcement activities, samples are drawn at processing plant, godowns /store points to check the quality, mandatory submission of sale plan and detailed production plan by seed dealers to ensure the supply of quality seeds to the farmers. |
| 2014-15   | 2014-15                        | 2014-15                                                                                                                                                | 2014-15                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 1.        | Rajasthan                      | Nil, but out of total 5091 samples drawn, about 6% were found to be sub-standard.                                                                      | Action as per the law including issue show cause notice, stopping of sale, seizure, suspension/cancellation of license, and filing court cases for prosecution were taken.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 2.        | Telangana                      | State Government has reported that during inspection and seed analysis, 103 seed samples were found sub-standard.                                      | 8350.3 qlts seed of Rs 441.59 lakh were seized and five cases were filed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 3.        | Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh | One case about sale of sub- standard seeds with the tag of Beej Pramanikaran Sanstha of Madhya Pradesh in Akola, Maharashtra.                          | Government of Madhya Pradesh had immediately suspended concerned officials and also suspended license of seed producing company involved in the matter.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 2013-14   | 2013-14                        | 2013-14                                                                                                                                                | 2013-14                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 1.        | Rajasthan                      | Nil, but out of total 4104 samples drawn, about 5% were found to be sub-standard.                                                                      | Action as per the law including issue show cause notice, stopping of sale, seizure, suspension/cancellation of license, and filing court cases for prosecution were taken.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 2.        | Telangana                      | State Government has reported that during inspection and seed analysis, 137 seed samples were found sub-standard.                                      | 4835 qlts seed of Rs 86.24 lakh were seized and nine cases were filed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |

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