NSC won SKOCH Corporation Excellence Award 2020
New Delhi: National Seed Corporation Ltd, Miniratna Category-I company wholly owned by GOI under the administrative control of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare won Silver Corporation Excellence Award 2020 for Agriculture -seed production and marketing.
About NSC
NSC is a Schedule ‘B’-Miniratna Category-I company wholly owned by GOI under the administrative control of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. At present, it is undertaking production of certified seeds of nearly 600 varieties of 60 crops through its registered seed growers. There are about 8000 registered seed growers all over the country who are undertaking the seed production programmes in different agro-climatic conditions.
NSC also involves in exports of seeds across the world especially in SAARC and African countries. The SAARC seed bank maintained by the Corporation with the grant in aid of the Govt. of India holds larger qty. of seeds of different crops/varieties that are meant to meet the demand that arises during natural calamities like flood, drought etc. NSC also takes care to meet the demand for quality seed of the farmers in the interior parts of the country like North Eastern States & other hilly regions.
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