BP Singh

120 Radltey ShyamEligibility under policyThis policy for the import of seeds and planting materialscovers the following crQPs :1) Seeds of wheat and paddy;2) Seeds of coarse cereals; oilseeds and pulses;3) Seed,s of vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants;4) Tubers and bulbs of flowers;.5) Cuttings/saplings etc. of flowers;6) Seeds/planting materials of fruits.The policy does not encourage the bulk import of seeds ofwheat and paddy as leAR has already good collaboration withInternational Research Institutes, namely, IRRI, Manila andCIMMYT, Mexico. Further, the policy envisages that farmers needhigh yielding seeds from abroad, but at the same time repetitivebulk imports are not encouraged. As regards seeds/plantingmaterials of vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants, the policyhas much liberalisation and seeds of these crops are permitted tobe imported under OGL basis. As far as seeds/planting materialsof fruits are concerned, the policy envisages the requirement of thelicence from CCI&E.Import of seeds of coarse cereals, oil seeds and pulsesImport of such seeds for sowing are allowed for a period notexceeding 2 years by companies which have technical/financialcollaboration agreements for production of seeds with companiesabroad, proviaed the foreign supplier agrees to supply parent lineseeds / nucleus or breeder seeds / technology to the Indian companywithin a period of two years from the date of the import of the firstcommercial comignment after its import has been rec,-Imended byMinistry of Agriculture (Deptt. of Agri. & Cooperation).A certain quantity of seeds of coarse cereals / pulses andoilseeds for sowing. sought to be imported by eligible importersis given to ICAR 01 such farms which are accredited by ICAR fortrial/evaluation. After trial/evaluation for one crop season, therCAR intimates the results, agro-dimatic zone-wise within threemonths of the season to DAC. After the receipt of the results ofthe lCAR trial/evaluation, an eligible importer is entitled to apply