Chandigarh, July 26 -- In order to curb the sale of spurious seeds in the state, the Punjab cabinet on Friday gave its consent to introduce The Seeds (Punjab Amendment) Bill, 2025, which seeks to make the sale of such seeds a non-bailable offence.
The approval for its introduction in the state assembly was granted by the cabinet in its meeting held here under the chairmanship of chief minister Bhagwant Mann here. The cabinet gave the nod to the amendment bill to insert Section 19A for contravention of Section 7 of Seeds Act (Regulation of sales of seeds of notified kinds or varieties), enhancing the fine and penalty, making it cognisable and non-bailable, finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema told reporters after the meeting. He was accom...
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