The memorandum to be prepared under subsection
(4) of section 14 shall be in Form VIII.
FORM I Form of application for seed production under the seed certification programme
1. Name (in Block Letters) ________________________________________
2. Complete Address (In Block Letters) Village _____________________ Post Office __________________ District _____________________ State ______________________ Telegraph Office _____________ Nearest Rly. Station ___________ Telephone No. _______________ _______________________________________________________________________________
3. Nearest town __________________ its distance from your farm Highway No. or Route __________________
4. Name of variety/kind of seed offered for certification.
5. Area under each variety/kind offered for certification.
6. Class of seed desired to be produced Foudation/Registered/Certified.
7. Source of seed for Item 6 above (also mention Tag No. and other particulars on the tag).
8. “Isolation distance” (in meters) from other varieties of the same crop.
North to South : East to West.
9. Actual or proposed date of planting.
Signature.
Date _______________________________________________________________________________ (To be filled in by the office of the Seed Certification Agency)
1. Number of field inspections made _______________________________ Dates of Inspection (Copy of inspection reports to be attached).
2. Report of Seed Analyst (copy to be attached).
3. Certificate issued.
Tag No.
Date of issue Issued by Signature Director Seed Certification Agency.
FORM II Seed Certification Agency _________________________________ Tag No. ________________________________ Director Seed Certification Agency Kind _________________ Variety _________________________________ Lot No. _______________________________ Germination __________________% Not below % Date of test _______________________________ Certification valid upto _____________________ Minimum pure seed % Innert matter _________________% Not more than __________________% Weed seeds (Max) % Other crop seeds _______________ Not more than _________________% Producer __________________ (Name and Full Address) _____________ Class of seed __________________________ N.B.:-
1. A white tag shall be used for foundation seed.
2. A purple tag shall be used for registered seed.
3. A blue tag shall be used for certified seed.
4. Certification shall be valid for the period indicated on the tag provided seed is stored under cool dry environment.
FORM III To (Name and address of the vendor) ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ Whereas I have reason to believe that the stock of seeds in your possession detailed below contravenes the provisions of Section 6 of the Seeds Act, 1966 (No. 54 of 1966).
I hereby direct you under clause (c) of Sub-Section (1) of Section 14 of the Seeds Act, 1966 (No. 54 of 1966) not to dispose of the said stock for a period of from this ______________________ __________________________ date and take action to remove the following defects:- _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ Place __________________ Seed Inspector Date __________________ Area Details of stock of seeds ______________________ ______________________ Date __________________ Seed Inspector FORM IV To __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ The records detailed below have this day been seized by me under the provisions of clause (4) of sub-section (1) of Section 14 of the Seeds Act, 1966 (No. 54 of 1966) from the premises of _________________________________________________________________________ ______ _______________________________________________________________________________ situated at _______________________________________________________________________ Place ___________________ Date ____________________ Seed Inspector Details of records seized ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ Date __________________ Seed Inspector FORM V Memorandum to Seed Analyst.
Serial No. of Memorandum.
From:
______________________________ ______________________________ To The Seed Analyst ___________________________ ___________________________ The sample described below is sent herewith for test and analysis under clause (b) of subsection (1) of section 14 and/or clauses (b) and (c) of sub-section (2) of Section 15 of the Seeds Act, 1966.
1. Serial No. of the sample.
2. Date and place of collection.
3. Nature of the articles submitted for analysis/test.
2. A copy of this memo and specimen impression of the seal used to seal the packet of samples is being sent separately by post/hand.* Date _____________________ Seed Inspector *Strike out whichever is not applicable Area ___________________ FORM VI To __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ I hereby give you the notice of my intention of taking a sample of seed from your stocks for the purposes of tests or analysis.
Date _________________ Seed Inspector FORM VII (Certificate of test and/or analysis by the Seed Analyst) Certified that the sample(s) bearing number _______________________ purporting to be a sample of ____________________________________________________________ received on ____________________________ Memorandum No. __________________ dated _____________ results of such test(s)/analysis is/are as stated below.
__________________________ __________________________ __________________________
2. The condition of the seals on the packet and the outer covering on receipt was as follows.
__________________________ __________________________ Place ____________ Seed Analyst Date ____________ Central Laboratory If opinion is required on any other matter suitable paragraph(s) may be added.
FORM VIII To __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ I have this day taken from the premises of _____________________________ situated at _____________________________ samples of seeds specified below to have the same tested/ analysed by Seed Analyst.
Date _________________ Seed Inspector Details of samples taken __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ Whether cost of sample damanded?
Cost of sample ____________Rs.________________________ paid.
Date ______________ Seed Inspector Area Signature of the party from whose premises samples taken and payment made.
[No. 4(2)/67-Seeds Dev.]
S.M.H. BURNEY, Jt. Secy.
THE SEEDS (AMENDMENT) RULES, 1973 Government of India Ministry of Agriculture (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE) No. 7(17)/69-Seeds Dev. New Delhi, dated the 30.6.1973 NOTIFICATION GSR 329 (E). – In exercise of the power conferred by section 25 of the Seeds Act, 1966 (54 of 1966), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Seeds Rules 1968, Namely:-
1. These rules may be called the Seeds (Amendment) Rules, 1973.
2. In rule 19 of the Seeds Rule, 1968 (hereinafter called the said rules) the words, ‘shall exercise all the powers which a Court has and’ shall be omitted.
3. In rule 21 of the said rules for sub-rules (2) and (3) the following sub-rules shall be substituted, namely:
“(2) The Seed Analyst shall analyse the samples in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Seed Testing Manual published by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research as amended from time to time.” “(3) The Seed Analyst shall deliver inForm VII, a copy of the report of the result of analysis to the persons specified in sub-section (1) of Section 16, as soon as may be but not later than 30 days from the date of receipt of samples sent by the Seed Inspector under sub-section (2) of the Section 15”.
4. In rule 23 of the said rules, in clause (h) for the words competent authority “the words” State Government shall be substituted.
Sd/- (Anna R. George) Joint Secretary to the Govt. of India THE SEEDS (AMENDMENT) RULES, 1974 Government of India Ministry of Agriculture (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE) No. 7-15/74-SD New Delhi, dated the 29th April, 1975 NOTIFICATION GSR 211 (E). – In exercise of the power conferred by section 25 of the Seeds Act, 1966 (54 of 1966), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend to Seeds Rules 1968, namely:-
1. These rules may be called the Seeds (Amendment) Rules, 1974.
2. After rule 23 of the said rules, the following rule shall be inserted namely:- “23-A. Action to be taken by the Seed Inspector if a complaint is lodged with him:-
(1) If farmer has lodged a complaint in writing that the failure of the crop is due to the defective quality of seeds of any notified kind or variety supplied to him, the Seed Inspector shall take in his possession the marks or labels, the seed containers and a sample of unused seeds to the extent possible from the complaint for establishing the source of supply of seeds and shall investigate the causes of the failure of his crop by sending samples of the lot to the Seed Analyst for detailed analysis at the State Seed Testing Laboratory. He shall thereupon submit the report of his findings as soon as possible to the competent authority.
(2) In case, the Seed Inspector comes to the conclusion that the failure of the crop is due to the quality of seeds supplied to the farmer being less than the minimum standards notified by the Central Government, launch proceedings against the supplier for contravention of the provisions of the Act or these Rules.” Sd/- (Anna R. George) Joint Secretary to the Govt. of India Government of India Ministry of Agriculture (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE) No. 7-15/74-SD New Delhi, dated the 30th/31st Jan., 1976 CORRIGENDUM GSR 52(E). - 30/1/76. In the Seeds (Amendment) Rules, 1974, published with the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Agriculture & Irrigation (Department of Agriculture) (No.GSR 211 (E), dated the 29th April, 1975, in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 29th April, 1975:- at page 863
(i) in line for "to" read "the";
(ii) in line 11, for "makes" read "marks";
(iii) in line 20 and 21, for "the Central Government launch proceedings", read "the Central Government, he shall launch proceedings".
Sd/- (Anna R. Malhotra) Joint Secretary to the Govt. of India THE SEEDS (AMENDMENT) RULES, 1981 Government of India Ministry of Agriculture (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND COOPERATION) NOTIFICATION No. 18-48/81-SD New Delhi, dated the 10th June, 1981 GSR 389 (E). – In exercise of the power conferred by section 25 of the Seeds Act, 1966 (54 of 1966), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Seeds Rules 1968, namely:-
(1) These rules may be called the Seeds (Amendment) Rules, 1981.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
After rule 17 of the Seeds Rules, 1968, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:- “17-A. The Certification agency shall, before granting the certificate, ensure that the seed conforms to the standards laid down in the Manual known as “Indian Minimum Seed Certification Standards” published by the Central Seed Committee, as amended from time to time.” Sd/- (R.C. Gupta) Jt. Secy.