**8. Central seed committee (CSC)**

It is a legal body constituted by the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare (DAC&FW), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare (MoA&FW), Government of India to advise central and state government on matters related to the implementation of seed act, 1966 and other related functions. The core committee includes one chairman and eight members to be nominated by the central government and one person to be nominated by the Governments of each State (**Table 4**). State Seed Committee (SSC) has a similar role at the state level. The CSC and SSC are empowered to release varieties but only CSC can notify those [8].


#### **Table 4.**

*Organizational setup of central seed committee (CSC). The committee comprises one chairman and nine other members by the central government.*
