Seed Production of Vegetable, Tuber and Spice Crops (2+1)

National seed policy, 2002

National Seed Policy, 2002

• The Seed Act 1966, seed control order 1983 and New Policy on Seeds Development, 1988, from the basis of promotion and regulation of the Indian Seed Industry.
• The “New Seed Policy” of 1988 shared in a new aria of growth and phenomenal development. Because it allowed limited import of commercial seed, remove curbs on imports of seeds of vegetables, Flowers and ornamentals plants and even allowed import of seed of course cereals, pulses and oil seeds for a period of two years.
The important constrains were

• Non existence of National Seed Policy.
• IPR laws.
• Restrictions and licenses on seed exports and imports.
• Lack of incentives for the public and private seed sectors of the country.
• India later developed the national seed policy in 2002.The main objectives are the provision of an appropriate climate for the seed industry to utilize available and prospective opportunities, safe guarding of the interests of Indian farmers and the conservation of agrobiodiversity.