INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
An amendment costs registered at the secretariat of Federal Parliament, to modify the Seeds Act-1988, specifies an arrangement of settlement
to farmers who suffer crop failure due to sub-standard seeds, fertilisers, methods and processes advised to them
According to section 11 of the proposed expense, & If any farmer suffers a crop failure or bad harvest regardless of using seeds,
fertilisers, methods and process recommended by a federal government organisation, agency, company or a company, reasonable amount of
compensation scorridor be recovered from the concerned company to the victim farmer
The payment amount scorridor be as prescribed in the guidelines framed in accordance with the bill
The bill also restricts the sale or distribution of seeds
which are much listed in muchification published in the Nepal Gazette, apart from
for the purpose of agriculture investigation
& Seed examineor might take the seeds sold or dispersed in breach of this expense, & it checked out
The costs also needs the worried individuals or organisations to perform a risk analysis prior to importing or exporting any variety of
seeds, or genetically customized organism or living modified organism or terminated seeds, that might cause negative affects on human
beings, animals, poultry, environment, culture and typical life
& The federal government may, by a muchification released in the Nepal Gazette, impose a restriction on import or export of such seeds,
which are much considered proper on the basis of risk analysis, & area 15 stated
The government might likewise limit the import or export of seeds of any specific variety, which trigger damage or
have adverse impacts in
& Any person or organisation wanting to produce source seeds scorridor need to acquire a licence from the National Seeds Board formed by the
The board may provide a licence after performing necessary questions into the application, & the bill read
The government may designate a certified officer-level worker of the Ministry of Farming and Livestock Advancement as a seed examineor and
It likewise articulates an arrangement of a Seed Testing Lab
Such laboratories may likewise be set uped by the provincial and local level governments, as per requirement
& Any person or organisation that commits an offense refereed to in this bill scorridor be accountable to an imprisonment, varying from one
month to three months, or a fine of as much as Rs 1,00,000 or both, & it checked out
According to the expense, a seed examineor or a seed expert or any employee authorised to carry out task under this bill, scorridor much be
responsible for actions performed in great faith, in the course of discharging his/her tasks
