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The Centre volition soon present a Seeds Act to guarantee that farmers person precocious prime seeds, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said successful New Delhi connected Thursday (October 30, 2025).
Two Seeds Bills, archetypal introduced by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) authorities successful 2004, and a draught Seeds Bill published by the Narendra Modi authorities successful 2019, had to beryllium withdrawn owed to absorption from farmers’ organisations. The effect manufacture and the technological assemblage person been demanding amendments to the Seeds Act of 1966 to code the caller issues and developments successful the sector.
Mr. Chouhan was addressing a nationalist conclave of Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) here. The authorities is taking strict enactment against counterfeit seeds and pesticides, and would present stringent authorities to support farmers, the Minister said.
The 2019 draught Bill had clauses, including the proviso to represent a Central Seed Committee to counsel the Central and State governments connected matters arising retired of the medication of the projected Seeds Act. The farmers’ organisations had termed the draught Bill to beryllium favouring the effect industry, and rejected immoderate specified legislation.
Mr. Chouhan besides expressed interest implicit terms disparity and said farmers often did not get just prices for their produce, portion consumers paid more. “This spread indispensable beryllium reduced,” helium said.
The Minister asked FPOs to alteration farmers from producers to entrepreneurs and traders truthful that the afloat payment reached them directly. Farmers indispensable look for worth summation to their produce, helium said. “Our absorption is connected integrated farming for the payment of farmers. Relying solely connected grains volition not suffice. Allied activities indispensable beryllium promoted to heighten farmers’ income,” helium said.
“Farmers should not stay lone producers but go entrepreneurs done agriculture. Processing and worth summation volition summation their income,” Mr. Chouhan said.
