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20/04/23 06:44 AM IST

Seed Traceability portal

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  • Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar recently launched the SATHI (Seed Traceability, Authentication and Holistic Inventory) Portal and Mobile App.
About SATHI Portal
  • A Centralized Online System for seed traceability, authentication and inventory designed to deal with the challenges of seed production, quality seed identification and seed certification.
  • It has been developed by the NIC in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on the theme of ‘Uttam Beej – Samriddh Kisan’.
  • SATHI portal will ensure quality assurance system, identify the source of seed in the seed production chain.
  • The system will consist of integrated 7 verticals of the seed chain - Research Organisation, Seed Certification, Seed Licensing, Seed Catalogue, Dealer to Farmer Sales, Farmer Registration and Seed DBT.
  • Seeds with valid certification can only be sold by valid licensed dealers to centrally registered farmers who will receive subsidy through DBT directly into their pre-validated bank accounts.
Source- PIB

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