GST applicability on Seed Certification Tags.

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....n followed in the state of Tamil Nadu, as prescribed in the Seeds Act, 1966 and elaborated in the Manual on Seed Production and Certification, published by Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems, Chennai, involves the following steps: a. Application for seed production b. Registration of sowing report c. Field inspection d. Seed processing e. Seed sample and seed analysis f. Tagging and sealing i. Application for seed production Any person who wants to take up certified seed production should submit a sowing report in triplicate to the Assistant Director of Seed Certification to register the crop and season with a registration fee of ₹ 25/- (Rupees twenty-five only) and prescribed certification charges. The fee is for a sin....

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.... analysis should be paid during the registration of the seed farm. To analyse the genetic purity of the seed sample, the producer should pay a fee of ₹ 200/- (Rupees two hundred only) to the Assistant Director of Seed Certification. Seed lots which meet the prescribed seed standards like purity, free of inert matter, moisture percentage and germination capacity alone will be allotted the certification label. White colour label for foundation seeds and blue colour label for certified seeds should be bought from the Assistant Director of Seed Certification by paying ₹ 3/- and ₹ 2/- respectively. vi. Tagging and sealing Approved seed lots should be tagged with certification tag within two months from the date of the receipt....

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....stages: planting, pre harvest and harvest stage to see that the seed is being produced as per the prescribed standards. At the harvest stage, Seed Certification Agency estimates the quantity of seed that will be produced at the seed farm. Depending on the number of packets into which the seed shall be packed for marketing, the seed certification agency issues to the seed company signed seed certificates/tags to be attached to each packet of certified seed. The fee for such testing and certification is charged at three (i) At field inspection level: On per hectare basis, (₹ 300/ha by Uttarakhand State Seed Certification Agency) (ii) At the post processing stage at the seed processing plant: inspection and shift charges (iii) Issu....