Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday asked state-owned National Seeds Corporation ( NSC ) to prepare a roadmap to increase its share to 25% from the current level of 4% in the domestic seed market. He assured farmers that the government would further strengthen NSC to reduce the influence of private sector seed companies, for maintaining price stability in the seed market.

“Ensuring the availability of quality seeds is highly critical, and the NSC can play a crucial role in this regard. The government is taking strict action on the fake seed issue,” Chouhan said after inaugurating five seed processing plants located at Bareilly, Dharwad, Hassan, Suratgarh and Raichur.

The agriculture minister said that private companies have their contribution, but public corporations h

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