India’s Seed Production
The Indian Seeds Programme recognizes three generations of seeds, namely, breeder, foundation, and certified Seeds. The following table shows the Seed Production in India in recent years.
The Ministry of Agriculture has been implementing the Central- sector Development and Strengthening of Infrastructure Facilities for Production and Distribution of Quality Seeds scheme since 2005-06 with the aim of ensuring timely availability of quality seeds of various crops at affordable prices. The major thrusts of the scheme. Since the inception of the scheme in 2005-06, 1,31,023 seed villages have been covered across the country and 183.10 lakh quintals of certified/ quality seeds produced till 2009-10, which is a significant achievement.
Subsidy in Seed Production
Under the component of assistance for boosting seed production in the private sector, credit-linked back-ended capital subsidy of 25 per cent of project cost subject to a maximum limit of Rs. 25 lakh per unit is provided on seed infrastructure development. apart from that, in order to establish/strengthen infrastructure facilities for production and distribution of quality seeds, States/UTs and State Seeds Corporations are provided financial assistance for creating facilities for seed-processing plants and machinery for seed cleaning, grading, treating, and packing.
PPV&FR;
The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (PPV&FR;) Authority established in November 2005 at New Delhi has been mandated to implement provisions of the PPV&FR; Act, 2001.
List of Topics : Economic Survey 2010-11
The Ministry of Agriculture has been implementing the Central- sector Development and Strengthening of Infrastructure Facilities for Production and Distribution of Quality Seeds scheme since 2005-06 with the aim of ensuring timely availability of quality seeds of various crops at affordable prices. The major thrusts of the scheme. Since the inception of the scheme in 2005-06, 1,31,023 seed villages have been covered across the country and 183.10 lakh quintals of certified/ quality seeds produced till 2009-10, which is a significant achievement.
Subsidy in Seed Production
Under the component of assistance for boosting seed production in the private sector, credit-linked back-ended capital subsidy of 25 per cent of project cost subject to a maximum limit of Rs. 25 lakh per unit is provided on seed infrastructure development. apart from that, in order to establish/strengthen infrastructure facilities for production and distribution of quality seeds, States/UTs and State Seeds Corporations are provided financial assistance for creating facilities for seed-processing plants and machinery for seed cleaning, grading, treating, and packing.
PPV&FR;
The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (PPV&FR;) Authority established in November 2005 at New Delhi has been mandated to implement provisions of the PPV&FR; Act, 2001.
List of Topics : Economic Survey 2010-11
Anonymous
March 2, 2011 at 1:57 amHello sir,
183.10 lakh quintals of certified/ quality seeds produced till 2009-10, but the table shows the figure in 200s. Can u please clarify where i'm going wrong in interpretation?
Admin
March 2, 2011 at 2:22 amThe anticipated Production for 2010-11 is 257.11. You may refer chapter 8, Page 196
Anonymous
March 2, 2011 at 2:52 amSir,
Sorry sir my doubt persists, so i'm posting again.
'Since the inception of the scheme in 2005-06, 1,31,023 seed villages have been covered across the country and 183.10 lakh quintals of certified/ quality seeds produced till 2009-10, which is a significant achievement.'
This i'm quoting from the material below the table, i am not able to understand the disparity b/w the figure in table (257.11) and that in text(183.10 ).
Admin
March 2, 2011 at 3:29 am183.10 lakh quintals of certified/ quality seeds produced, this is a figure for 2009-10, the next figure is of 2009-10,is the total anticipated. The last final figure was of 2008-09 and the next final figure of 2009-10 is yet "anticipated", that is why 183.10 Lakh Quintals not mentioned in the table.