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
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) ([Link] 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 3 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, 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
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.
