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Central sector scheme for establishment & maintenance of seed
bank 
| Title |
Central
sector scheme for establishment & maintenance of seed bank |
| Types |
Central
Sector |
| Objectives
|
To make
available seeds for contingent situations and also develop
infrastructure for seed storage. |
| Salient
features |
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. |
| Pattern of
Assistance |
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.
|
| Eligibility
|
NSC, SFCI ,
State seed corporations of various states and state seed
certification agencies. |
| Procedures
to apply |
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.
|
| Person to be
contacted |
The Joint
Secretary
Seeds Division ,
Department Agriculture and Cooperation, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi
|
| Date of
Start/duration |
Scheme is in
operation since 1999-2000. |
| Implementation
Status |
Scheme is
being implemented through NSC, SFCI and seed corporations of Andhra
Pardesh, Assam,Orissa Gujrat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pardesh,
Punjab, Rajasthan, U.P, Maharashtra ,West Bengal while the benefit
of the scheme is available to the entire country. |
| Additional
information |
Seed of
about 17 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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