Title
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Central sector
scheme for establishment & maintenance of seed bank
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Types
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Central
Sector
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Objectives
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To
make available seeds for contingent situations and also develop
infrastructure for seed storage.
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Salient
features
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1.
Establishment of seed bank for maintenance of foundation
and certified seeds of different crops to ensure timely
availability of seeds to the farmers.
2.
To take care of the special requirement of seed at the
time of natural calamity
3.
To create infrastructure facilities for production and
distribution of quality seeds.
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Pattern of
Assistance
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1.
Provide revolving funds for procurement of seeds ( 50 %
cost of raw seed) for keeping in the seed bank.
2.
Reimbursement of maintenance cost of seed or various
components like processing& packing , revalidation,
transportation, storage, storage loss, insurance of seeds during
storage and price differential for undistributed quantity of
seeds as per norms fixed under the scheme.
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Eligibility
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NSC,
SFCI , State seed corporations of various states and state seed
certification agencies.
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Procedures
to apply
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Physical
targets of seeds for each seed corporation are fixed based on
which revolving funds provided. Maintenance cost of the seeds is
also reimbursed based on the proposals received from seed
corporations.
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Person to
be contacted
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The Joint Secretary
Seeds Division ,
Department Agriculture and Cooperation, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi
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Date of
Start/duration
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Scheme
is in operation since 1999-2000.
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Implementation
Status
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Scheme
is being implemented through NSC, SFCI and seed corporations of
Andhra Pardesh, Assam,Orissa Gujrat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya
Pardesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, U.P, Uttranchal , Maharashtra
&West Bengal while
the benefit of the scheme is available to the entire country.
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Additional
information
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Seed
of about 20 crops of various varieties which are suitable for
different agro-climatic zones of the country specially for
meeting any contingent situation arising out of drought / flood
situation are maintained in the seed Bank.
Tables
Showing quantity of seeds to be maintained by various seed
corporations in the seed bank during 2001-2002 are annexed.
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