Synopsis: Kerala has set up a six-member official committee to examine the Union government’s draft Seeds Bill 2025, amid concerns that the proposed law represents an attempted corporate takeover of the seed sector. While the Centre maintains that the bill introduces much-needed modernisation and quality controls, farmer organisations such as the All India Kisan Sabha have condemned it as “anti-farmer.”

Kerala has constituted a six-member official committee to examine the Union government’s draft Seeds Bill 2025 , amid widespread concerns that the proposed legislation is a threat to farmers and agriculture.

The draft bill, made public on 12 November by the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, proposes to replace

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