rights, stimulates
investment in research
and development
and creation of new
varieties and facilitates
growth of the seed
industry to ensure the
availability of high
quality seeds and
planting material to
the farmers.
India, after having
provided protection
for plants and varieties
under the PPVFR Act,
amended the Patents
Act, 1970 in 2002 to
keep plants and their
parts thereof, plant
varieties and seeds
outside the scope of
the Patents Act. By
an amendment in
2002, inter alia, clause
(c) Section 3 was
amended and clause
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