The Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has drafted the Seeds Bill, 2025 to align with current requirements and consider issues raised by stakeholders. The bill does not apply to farmers' varieties, including traditional ones, and it protects farmers' rights under the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001. It provides for compulsory registration of all varieties sold, seed producer, seed processing unit and dealer and regulation of seed sale prices under emergent situations, compulsory labeling of performance of seeds, mandatory on boarding on SATHI portal. The draft Seeds Bill, 2025 is currently in the pre-legislative consultation phase. This information was provided by Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Ramnath Thakur.
Key Entities Referenced
Seeds Bill, 2025: Draft legislation to safeguard farmer's rights and strengthen seed quality regulation in India.
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare: The Indian government ministry responsible for drafting and implementing the Seeds Bill, 2025.
Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001: Existing Indian law protecting plant varieties and farmers' rights, referenced by the Seeds Bill, 2025.
Biological Diversity Act, 2002: Existing Indian law related to biological diversity, referenced by the Seeds Bill, 2025.
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Seeds Bill, 2025 Safeguards Farmers’ Rights and
Strengthens Seed Quality Regulation
प्रव तथ: 16 DEC 2025 5:51PM by PIB Delhi
The Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare,
Government of India has drafted the Seeds Bill, 2025 to align with current requirements and after taking
into consideration the issues raised by various stakeholders from time to time including farmers’
organizations.
The provisions of the Bill are not applicable to the farmers and farmer’s varieties including traditional
varieties. The Bill protect the farmer’s rights in conformity with the Protection of Plant Varieties and
Farmers’ Rights Act, 2001 to grow, sow, save, exchange and sell farm-saved seeds. In addition, various
provisions are available under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 and the Protection of Plant Varieties
and Farmers’ Right’s Act, 2001 to safeguard farmers, community seed growers, traditional and
indigenous seed varieties.
The Bill has provisions for compulsory registration of all varieties sold in the market, registration of seed
producer, seed processing unit and dealer, registration of plant nurseries, regulation of seed sale prices
under emergent situation, compulsory labelling of performance of seeds, mandatory on boarding on
SATHI portal etc. to ensure the quality of seeds following nationally determined standards supplied to the
farmers.
At present, the draft Seeds Bill, 2025 is at the pre-legislative consultation phase and was put in public
domain to further elicit inputs from stakeholders including farmer organizations.
This information was given by Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Ramnath
Thakur in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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