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Draft Seeds Bill 2025
November 20 , 2025
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- The Draft Seeds Bill aims to replace the Seeds Act (1966) and the Seeds Control Order (1983) with a modern framework for seed quality, regulation, and traceability.
- The Bill introduces mandatory registration of seed varieties based on Value for Cultivation and Use (VCU) trials and requires QR-based digital tracking for all seeds.
- Farmers retain the right to save, use, re-sow, exchange, and sell farm-saved seeds except under a brand name, and they are exempt from penalties.
- The Bill strengthens seed quality standards, certification agencies, and testing laboratories and gives inspectors clear powers for sampling and seizure.
- A graded penalty system is introduced, along with provisions for seed price regulation during scarcity or profiteering.
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