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Notification nominating and appointing members of the Central Seed Committee for a two-year term under section 3 of the Seeds Act, 1966.

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By notification S.O. 2471(E) dated 26th June 2024, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare), exercising powers under section 3 of the Seeds Act, 1966 (54 of 1966), nominated and appointed members to the Central Seed Committee for a period of two years from the date of publication in the Official Gazette: the Secretary (Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) is nominated Chairman under clause (i) of sub-section (2) of section 3; officials nominated as Members under clause (ii) of sub-section (2) include the Additional Secretary (In-charge Seeds), the Agriculture Commissioner, the Deputy Director General (Crop Sciences) and Deputy Director General (Horticulture) of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, the Joint Secretary (Seeds), and the Chairman and Managing Director of the National Seeds Corporation Limited; further Members are nominated under clause (iii) of sub-section (2), comprising the designated agriculture officials or representatives of every State and Union Territory, including Andhra Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Ladakh, Delhi, Gujarat, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Lakshadweep, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal; the Deputy Commissioner (Quality Control and Certification) is appointed Member-Secretary under sub-section (7) of section 3; the notification bears F. No. 3-57/2017-SD.IV and is signed by Shubha Thakur, Additional Secretary.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-27062024-254988 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2350] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2024/ASHADHA 6, 1946 3795 GI/2024 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE (Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 26th June, 2024 S.O. 2471(E). — In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Seeds Act, 1966 (54 of 1966), the Central Government hereby nominates and appoints to the Central Seed Committee for a period of two years with effect from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, namely: - A. Nominated under clause (i) of sub-section (2) of section 3: 1. Secretary (Agriculture and Farmers Welfare), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110 001. Chairman; B. Nominated under clause (ii) of sub-section (2) of section 3: 2. Additional Secretary (In-charge Seeds), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110 001. Member; 3. Agriculture Commissioner, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110 001. Member; 4 Deputy Director General (Crop Sciences), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110 001. Member; 5. Deputy Director General (Horticulture), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Krishi Anusandhan Bhawan-II, Pusa, New Delhi-110 012. Member; 6. Joint Secretary (Seeds), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110 001. Member; 7. Chairman and Managing Director, National Seeds Corporation Limited, Beej Bhawan, Pusa Complex, New Delhi-110 012. Member; C. Nominated under clause (iii) of sub-section (2) of section 3: 8. Joint Director of Agriculture (Seeds), O/o Commissioner and Director of Agriculture, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Department of Agriculture, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Member; 9. Secretary (Agriculture), Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Department of Agriculture, Port Blair. Member; 10. Joint Director of Agriculture, Government of Arunachal Pradesh, Department of Agriculture, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. Member; 11. Joint Secretary to the Government of Assam and Managing Director, Assam Seed Corporation Limited, Dispur, Assam. Member; 12. Director of Agriculture, Government of Bihar, Department of Agriculture, Patna, Bihar. Member; 13. A representative of the Union territory of Chandigarh, District Agriculture-cum-Block Development and Panchayat Office, Chandigarh. Member; 14. Joint Director Agriculture, Directorate of Agriculture, Government of Chhattisgarh, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Member; 15. A representative of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Department of Agriculture, Daman. Member; 16. A representative of the Union Territory of Ladakh, Department of Agriculture, Leh, Ladakh. Member; 17. Joint Director (Agriculture), Development Department, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, Delhi. Member; 18. Managing Director of Gujarat State Seed Corporation, Government of Gujarat, Agriculture and Co-operation Department, Krishi Bhawan, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Member; 19. Secretary (Environment), Department of Agriculture, Government of Goa, Panji. Member; 20. Additional Director (General), Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Panchkula, Haryana. Member; 21. Director, Himachal Pradesh State Seed and Organic Produce Certification Agency, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Member; 22. Director (Seeds and Farm), Birsa Agriculture University, Kanke, Ranchi. Member; 23. Joint Director Agriculture (Inputs, Jammu), Agriculture Production & Farmers Welfare Department, Civil Secretariat, Srinagar/ Jammu, Jammu. Member; 24. Additional Director of Agriculture (Organic Farming), Government of Karnataka, Department of Agriculture, Bengaluru, Karnataka. Member; 25. A representative of the Union territory of Lakshadweep, Department of Agriculture, Kavarati. Member; 26. Director of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture Development and Farmers Welfare Government of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Member; 27. Agriculture Commissioner / Director, Department of Farmer's Welfare and Agriculture Development, Government of Madhya Pradesh, Department of Agriculture, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Member; 28. Commissioner (Agriculture), Government of Maharashtra, Department of Agriculture, Pune. Member; 29. A representative of the Government of Manipur, Department of Agriculture, Imphal, Manipur. Member; 30. Director of Agriculture, Government of Meghalaya, Department of Agriculture, Shillong, Meghalaya. Member; 31. Director of Agriculture, Government of Mizoram, Department of Agriculture, Aizwal, Mizoram. Member; 32. Director of Agriculture, Directorate of Agriculture, Government of Nagaland, Kohima, Nagaland. Member; 33. Principal Secretary, Agriculture Department, Government of Odisha, Bhubneshwar, Odisha. Member; 34. Director of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Chief Secretariat (Agriculture), Govt of Puducherry, Puducherry. Member; 35. Director of Agriculture, Directorate of Agriculture, Government of Punjab, Chandigarh, Punjab. Member; 36. Commissioner /Director of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Government of Rajasthan, Pant Krishi Bhawan, Jaipur, Rajasthan. Member; 37. Director, Food Security, Agriculture Department, Government of Sikkim, Gangtok, Sikkim. Member; 38. Director of Seed Certification and Organic Certification, Government of Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Member; 39. Director of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of Tripura, Agartala, Tripura. Member; 40. Director of Agriculture, Office of Commissioner and Director of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Telangana, Hyderabad. Member; 41. Additional Director of Agriculture (Seed and Farm), Department of Agriculture, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Member; 42. Additional Director of Agriculture, Gadwal Mandal Pauri, Government of Uttarakhand, Directorate of Agriculture, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Member; 43. Director of Agriculture and Ex-Officio Secretary, West Bengal, Department of Agriculture, Government of West Bengal, Howrah, West Bengal. Member; D. Appointed under sub-section (7) of section 3: 44. Deputy Commissioner (Quality Control and Certification), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi - 110 001. Secretary. [F.No.3-57/2017-SD.IV] SHUBHA THAKUR, Addl. 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 Daly signed by SARVESH KUMAR SRIVASTAVA Date: 2024.06.27 21:59:02+0530

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