**Policy Summary:**
This notification, S.O. 3604(E), issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, designates four laboratories as National Referral Laboratories for the detection of Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) and Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) under the Seeds Act, 1966, effective from the date of publication (November 15, 2017). These laboratories, serving the whole of India, are:
1. DNA Fingerprinting and Transgenic Crop Monitoring Lab (DFTCML), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.
2. ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), Pusa Campus, New Delhi.
3. Export Inspection Agency (EIA), Kochi Laboratory, Kerala.
4. Punjab Biotechnology Incubator (PBTI), Mohali, Punjab.
This action is taken in exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (1) of Section 4 of the Seeds Act, 1966 (54 of 1966), read with clause (c) of Rule 5 of the Seeds Rules, 1968. The notification is filed under F. No. 13127/2017-SD.IV and was issued by B. Rajender, Jt. Secy.
Key Entities Referenced
Seeds Act, 1966: A law enacted by the Parliament of India to regulate the quality of seeds sold and to establish a certification system.
Seeds Rules, 1968: Rules established in 1968 pertaining to the Seeds Act, 1966.
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare: A ministry of the Government of India responsible for agricultural research and education.
DNA Fingerprinting and Transgenic Crop Monitoring Lab (DFTCML), Guntur Andhra Pradesh: A National Referral Laboratory for detecting Living Modified Organisms and Genetically Modified Organisms.
ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), Pusa Campus, New Delhi: A National Referral Laboratory for detecting Living Modified Organisms and Genetically Modified Organisms.
Export Inspection Agency (EIA), Kochi Laboratory Kerala: A National Referral Laboratory for detecting Living Modified Organisms and Genetically Modified Organisms.
Punjab Biotechnology Incubator (PBTI), Mohali Punjab: A National Referral Laboratory for detecting Living Modified Organisms and Genetically Modified Organisms.
Living Modified Organisms: Organisms whose genetic material has been altered through genetic engineering.
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अषिसचू ना
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का.आ. 3604(अ).—केंद्रीय सरकार बीज षनयत, 1968 के षनयत 5 के ख्ड ( ) के साथ परित बीज
अषिषनयत, 1966 (1966 का 54) की िारा 4 की उप-िारा (1) द्वारा प्रित्त कषतत यक का प्रय करते एए, स्पूण मण
गारत के षलए इसके प्रकाकन की तारीख से उतत अषिषनयत के अिीन जीषवत पररव्तणत जीवक और आनवव्षकक ूपप
से पररव्तणत जीवक की उपषथ षत या अनवपषथ षत की जा्च का पता ल ाने हते व षनम् नषलषखत प्रय कालां क
राष्टर ीय सम् प्रेिण म प्रय काला ष षित करती ह, अथाणत —
(i) डीएनए फफ् र षप्रटट् और रा्सजेषनक फसल षन रानी प्रय काला (डीएफटीसीएतएल), व्टूर
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(ii) आईसीएआर-राष्टर ीय पनि आनववा्षकक स्सािन ू यूर (एनबीपीजीआर), पूसा पररसर, नई किल् ली;
(iii) षनयाणत षनरीक्षण म एजेंसी (ईआईए), क च् ची प्रय काला (केरल);
(iv) प्जाब ज व प्रनद्य ष की इनत यूबेटर (पीबीटीआई), त हाली (प्जाब) ।
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बी. राजेन्द द्र, स्यवत त सषचव
6710 GI/2017 (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 15th November, 2017
S.O. 3604(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 4 of the Seeds Act,
1966 (54 of 1966), read with clause (c) of Rule 5 of the Seeds Rules, 1968, the Central Government hereby
declares the following laboratories as the National Referral Laboratories to detect the presence or absence of
Living Modified Organisms and Genetically Modified Organisms under the said Act with effect from the date
of publication, for the whole of India, namely:—
(i) DNA Fingerprinting and Transgenic Crop Monitoring Lab (DFTCML), Guntur (Andhra
Pradesh);
(ii) ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), Pusa Campus,
New Delhi;
(iii) Export Inspection Agency (EIA), Kochi Laboratory (Kerala);
(iv) Punjab Biotechnology Incubator (PBTI), Mohali (Punjab).
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B. RAJENDER, Jt. Secy.
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