Compensation to farmers

(1) The producer or distributor or vendor of cotton seeds or, as the case may be, whose address appears on the label shall disclose the expected performance of such seeds, under given conditions to the Controller and if such seeds fails to provide the expected performance under such given conditions, the State Government or farmer may claim compensation in such manner as may be prescribed. In respect of transgenic seeds all the conditions that are imposed by Genetic Engineering Approval Committee has to be complied. (2) In case the claim of expected performance is found fictitious, the producer whose address appears on the label, shall be responsible for payment of all such claims related to agronomic performance as specified in sub-section (1). (3) The compensation payable under sub-sections (I) and (2) shall be assessed and fixed by the comminee appointed for each agro-climatic zone separately, consisting of crop experts and representatives of the State Government, as may be notified by the State Government.