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ICAR follows a streamlined process for the registration of new varieties under the PPV&FRA Act, 2001 and
8. 518/DEL/2011 Liquid Bioinoculant 338098 1 M/s. Eco Inputs amendment in 2007. In order to protect the extant and new plant varieties developed by IARI under ICAR, 61
of Azotobacter PPV&FR applications have been filed at the PPV&FR Authority from 2011 to 2019 (Table No. 2.3) with ICAR as
chroococcum and the the applicant to enable these varieties’ easy access to market for the benefit of agriculture sector. In the time
process thereof span of 2012 to 2019, 37 extant and new crop/ vegetable varieties were registered by IARI at the PPV&FR
9. 2395/DEL/2011 Digital Soil 330282 14 M/s Systronics (India) Ltd., Authority.
Test Fertilizer M/s. Plastic Surge Pvt. Ltd. and
Recommendation M/s. W. S. Telematics Pvt. Ltd
(STFR) Meter
10. 3130/DEL/2012 Heat Stable 321722 2 M/s. Vaishnavi Biotech Ltd. and
Anthocyanin Rich M/s South Asia Biotechnology
Composition and Center (SABC)
process of its
preparation
11. 1608/DEL/2015 Device for - 3 M/s. Octopus Inc., M/s
Recommending A SUGWAY Agribiotech&
Crop Yield Enhancer Research Foundation and M/s.
Om Agro Organics
12. 3364/DEL/2015 A Microbial 355313 3 M/s. Monal Potteries &
Consortium of Ceramics Pvt. Ltd., M/s
Nitrogen, Phosphorus T-Stanes & Company Ltd and
and Potassium (NPK) M/s. Prathistha Industries Ltd
Providing Bacteria
II.The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights

The Govt. of India enacted “The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (PPV&FR) Act, 2001”
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adopting Sui Generis system with sufficient provisions to protect the interests of public sector breeding Figure 2.5: Plant variety applications filed during 2011-2019
institutions and farmers. The legislation recognizes the contributions of both commercial plant breeders and
farmers in plant breeding activity and also aids in implementation of TRIPs in a way that supports the specific
socio-economic interests of all the stakeholders including private, public sectors and research institutions, as Table 2.3: Plant Variety Application Filings and Registration Details from 2011 -2019
well as resource-constrained farmers.
All extant plant varieties from ICAR that were notified under Section 5 of the Seeds Act, 1966 which have S. No. Acknowledge- Denomination Crop Type Date of Variety Inventor Reg:
not completed 15 years from their notification date can be registered and protected as IP under PPV &FR ment No. Filling Category No.
Act. As per the Section 1.5.2 of Chapter 1 of ‘ICAR Guidelines for Intellectual Property Management and
Technology Transfer/ Commercialization’,’ Ownership of IP generated in ICAR or caused to be generated by 1. REG/2011/255 Hd 2985 (Pusa Wheat January 06, New Dr. G. P. 655
ICAR shall vest with the ICAR’. Basant) 2011 Singh of
2014
2. REG/2011/256 Hd 2987(Pusa Wheat January 06, New Dr. G. P. 643
Bahar) 2011 Singh of
2014
3. REG/2011/257 Hd 2967 Wheat January 06, New Dr. R. K. 647
2011 Sharma of
2014
4. REG/2011/259 Pusa Meghna Cauliflower January 06, Extant Dr. Pritam 83 of
(Dc/98-2) 2011 Kalia 2013
5. REG/2011/260 Pusa Ankur Brinjal January 06, Extant Dr. 82 of
(Dbsr-91) 2011 Ravinder 2013
7. The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (PPV&FR) Act, 2001; The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority, Kumar
Department of Agriculture, Co-operation and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, GoI.

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