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The Punjab Tissue Culture Based Seed Potato Act, 2020

The Punjab Tissue Culture Based Seed Potato Act, 2020

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This legislation establishes a comprehensive regulatory framework for producing, certifying, and distributing tissue culture-based seed potatoes across Punjab. Applying to individual farmers, producer organizations, societies, and seed companies, it mandates strict quality standards, disease testing, and full multi-generational traceability from initial laboratory tissue cultures to field multiplication. The law establishes dedicated authorities to oversee licensing, enforce seed certification standards, issue QR-coded tags, handle appeals, and penalize violations through fines or seed forfeiture. By guaranteeing disease-free, high-quality seed potatoes, this statute protects agricultural yields, improves crop reliability, and strengthens the state seed production system for the farming community.

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  1. 1. Short title, exlent and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 2B. Child to help his family without affecting education
  4. 2C. Child to work as an artist
  5. 3. Tissue Culture Based Seed Potato Committee
  6. 4. Minimum seed certification standards
  7. 4A. Payment of amount to child or adolescent from and out of Child and Adolescent Labour Rehabilitation fund
  8. 5. Certification agency
  9. 6. Grant of certificate by certification agency
  10. 7. Revocation of certificate
  11. 8. Appeal
  12. 9. Review of order
  13. 10. Penalty
  14. 11. Forfeiture of seed
  15. 12. Protection of action taken in good faith
  16. 13. Power to make rules
  17. 14. Power to remove difficulties
  18. 15. Amendment of Form B
  19. 16. Insertion of Form C
  20. SCHEDULE. DRAFT OF MINIMUM SEED CERTIFICATION STANDARDS FOR TISSUE CULTURE BASED SEED POTATO
  21. V. Field Inspection
  22. VI. Seed Standards

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