Seeds Act, 1966

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L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-08072026-274293 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3546] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2026/ASHADHA 17, 1948 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE (Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 8th July, 2026 S.O. 3708(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 5 of the Seeds Act, 1966 (54 of 1966), the Central Government, after consultation with the Committee, being of the opinion that it is necessary and expedient to regulate the quality of the seeds of the varieties specified in column (3) of the Table below of the kinds specified in the corresponding entries in column (2) of the said Table, hereby declares that the said varieties of seeds shall be the notified varieties to be sold for the purposes of agriculture for the States or areas, as the case may be, mentioned in column (5) of the said Table and shall be the notified varieties for the whole of India for purposes of seed production and quality control with effect from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, namely:- TABLE +--------+--------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Sl. No. | Kind | Variety | Whether variety/hybrid| Recommended States for sale | +========+==============+===============================+=======================+=================================================================================================================+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | +--------+--------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1. | Onion | Bhima Prasanskaran | Variety | Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil | | | | (DOGR HT-3) | | Nadu. | +--------+--------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2. | Potato | Kufri Ruby | Variety | Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat, | | | | (MSP/15-60) | | Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Bihar, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, West | | | | | | Bengal and Maharashtra. | +--------+--------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 3. | Potato | Kufri Abhedya | Variety | Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Union | | | | (SM/11-120) | | territory of Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, | | | | | | Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Tamil Nadu (Ooty and Nilgiri region), Karnataka and Maharashtra. | +--------+--------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4. | Coriander | Karan Dhaniya-1 | Variety | Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, | | | | (RCr-565/UD-565) | | Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu. | +--------+--------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 5. | Coriander | Navsari Krupali | Variety | Gujarat. | | | | (GCo 5) | | | +--------+--------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 6. | Coriander | Navsari Surabhi | Variety | Gujarat. | | | | (GLC-2) | | | +--------+--------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 7. | Colocasia | Konkan Manohar | Variety | Maharashtra. | | | | (DPL Tr -2) | | | +--------+--------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 8. | Ginger | IISR Navya | Variety | Kerala, Meghalaya and West Bengal. | | | | (Acc.972) | | | +--------+--------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 9. | Sapota | Gandevi Murabba | Variety | Gujarat. | | | | (Gujarat Sapota 1) | | | +--------+--------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 10. | Fenugreek | Karan Methi-1 | Variety | Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand | | | | (RMt-259) | | and West Bengal. | +--------+--------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 11. | Sponge gourd | VNR Vihan 121 | Hybrid | Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and | | | | (VNR 87121) | | Union territory of Puducherry. | +--------+--------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 12. | Chilli | Nutan | Hybrid | Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. | | | | (VNR 1281356) | | | +--------+--------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 13. | Mango | Navsari Navpari | Variety | Gujarat. | | | | (GM-2) | | | +--------+--------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 14. | Bael | Thar Divya | Variety | Gujarat. | | | | (CHESB-5) | | | +--------+--------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 15. | Bael | Goma Yashi | Variety | Gujarat. | | | | (CHESB-1) | | | +--------+--------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 16. | Coconut | ALR 4 | Variety | Tamil Nadu. | +--------+--------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 17. | Coconut | Kalpa Nakshatra | Hybrid | Kerala. | +--------+--------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 18. | Ashwagandha | Haryana | Variety | Haryana. | | | | Ashwagandha 1 | | | | | | (HAG 1) | | | +--------+--------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 19. | Ashwagandha | HWS 08-18 | Variety | Haryana. | +--------+--------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 20. | Cashew | Bidhan Bonsai Kaju | Variety | West Bengal. | | | | (JGM-282) | | | +--------+--------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 21. | Cashew | Bidhan Jhargram-2 | Variety | West Bengal. | | | | (JGM-216) | | | +--------+--------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 22. | Cashew | Vengurla-10 MB | Variety | Maharashtra. | | | | (RFRS 195) | | | +--------+--------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ [F. No. 3-2/2026-SD.IV] AJEET KUMAR SAHU, Jt. Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. SARVESH KUMAR SARVESH KUMAR SRIVASTAVA Date: 2026.07.08 23:35:26 +0530