**Policy Summary**
This notification, S.O. 1212(E), issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare, Government of India, declares the maximum sale price of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton seed packets for the financial year 2019-20, effective March 8, 2019. The order is issued in exercise of powers conferred by sub-clause 1 of clause 5 of the Cotton Seed Price Control Order, 2015. The central government, after consulting with the committee recommending the maximum sale price of cotton seed, specifies the price for a 450-gram packet of Bt cotton seed plus 120 grams of refugia.
The maximum sale prices are detailed in the table below:
| Serial Number | Components | BG-I version of Bacillus thuringiensis Bt. cotton hybrid (in Rupees) | BG-II version of Bacillus thuringiensis Bt. cotton hybrid (in Rupees) |
|---------------|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1 | Seed value | 635 | 710 |
| 2 | Trait value including taxes | 0 | 20 |
| | **Maximum Sale Price** | **635** | **730** |
The notification is issued under F.No. 622019-SD.IV and signed by Ashwani Kumar, Joint Secretary.
Key Entities Referenced
Cotton Seed Price Control Order, 2015: A legal order that empowers the Central Government to control the sale price of cotton seeds.
Central Government: The governing body authorized to set the maximum sale price of cotton seeds.
Committee: A committee consulted by the Central Government to recommend the maximum sale price of cotton seeds.
Bacillus thuringiensis Bt. cotton seed: A genetically modified cotton seed containing Bacillus thuringiensis, a bacterium that produces proteins toxic to certain insects.
New Delhi: The location where the notification was issued. Union Territory of India.
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare: The government ministry responsible for agriculture and farmers' welfare.
Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare: A department within the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare.
ASHWANI KUMAR: The Joint Secretary who signed the notification.
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1541 GI/2019 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS' WELFARE
(Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 8th March, 2019
S.O. 1212(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (1) of clause 5 of the Cotton Seed Price
(Control) Order, 2015, the Central Government, after consultation with the Committee referred to in sub-clause (2) of the
said clause to recommend the maximum sale price of cotton seed, hereby declares the maximum sale price of Bacillus
thuringiensis (Bt.) cotton seed packets (450 grams of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt.) cotton seed plus 120 grams refugia)
specified in the Table below for the financial year 2019-20 for the whole of India.
TABLE
Serial Components BG-I version of Bacillus BG-II version of Bacillus
Number thuringiensis (Bt.) cotton thuringiensis (Bt.) cotton
hybrid hybrid
1. Seed value
635 710
(in rupees)
2. Trait value including taxes
0 20
(in rupees)
Maximum sale price
635 730
(in rupees)
[F.No. 6-2/2019-SD.IV]
ASHWANI KUMAR, Jt. Secy.
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