Govt eases rules for release of seed varieties
The government has eased rules regarding registration of new seeds of vegetables and other crops, barring only crops such as rice, wheat, jute and sugarcane.
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The government has eased rules regarding registration of new seeds of vegetables and other crops, barring only crops such as rice, wheat, jute and sugarcane.
Explainer: Do Farmers Have Reason to Criticise the Draft Seed Bill? Rakesh Tikait recently said if the farmersâ movement had not taken place, the Centre would have enacted the Seed Bill by now. What makes it problematic? Representative image of millet seeds. Photo: IFPRI/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Rights6 hours ago Jaipur: The Narendra Modi government’s draft Seed Bill, 2019, has once again caught headlines with farmers’ leader Rakesh Tikait bringing it up during his recent call to cut power lines to 16 states if the Centre does not address farmers’ demands. Tikait had stated that i...