The new building will provide ease to visiting farmers and consumers
Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar laid the foundation stone of the Plant Authority building at Pusa, New Delhi. On this occasion, Tomar said that the rights of farmers are being protected through Plant Authority. With this, the farmers can get rights over their traditional varieties and the seeds of any other variety produced by them. It also ensures that the farmers are not exploited by infringement of intellectual property rights.
Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority (PPVFRA) is affiliated with the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. In this IPR, the certificate is awarded only after crops are grown and verification claim made by the farmer. Under the new IPR policy, the IPR authorities are being strengthened by the government by providing necessary manpower and infrastructure.
Tomar stated that one floor will be allocated for the establishment of the courts of the Authority and two floors will be allocated for registry work along with other support systems. He said that it will make it easier for the visiting farmers and consumers. It is expected that work on the new office building will start from next year.
Ministers of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Kailash Choudhary and Shobha Karandlaje, Secretary, Sanjay Agarwal, CEO, National Rainfed Area Authority Ashok Dalwai, Chairman of PPVFRA, Dr KV Prabhu, Joint Secretary (Seeds), Ashwini Kumar, ASRB Chairman, Dr AK Mishra were present. On this occasion, the guests also planted saplings at the construction site.
