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Andhra Pradesh Bio-fertilisers (Monitoring and Quality Control) Act, 2006 (Act No. 6 of 2006)

Act · Made 2006-01-03 · Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Cotton Seeds (Regulation of Supply, Distribution, Sale and Fixation of Sale Price) Act, 2007 (Act No. 29 of 2007)

Act · Made 2007-08-14 · Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Crop Cultivator Rights Act, 2019 (Act No.30 of 2019)

Act · Made 2019-08-17 · Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Oil Palm (Regulation of Production and Processing) Act, 1993 (Act No. 3 of 1993)

Act · Made 1993-01-23 · Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Registration of Horticulture Nurseries (Regulation) Act, 2010 (Act No. 13 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-08-07 · Andhra Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh (Horticultural Produce Marketing and Processing) Board Act, 2014 (Act No. 9 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-05-30

Assam Agricultural Income-tax Act, 1939 (Assam Act IX of 1939)

Act · Made 1939-08-18 · Assam

Assam Agricultural Pests and Diseases Act, 1950

Act · Made 1950-12-20 · Assam

Assam Agricultural Pests and Diseases Act, 1950 (Assam Act XXXV of 1950)

Act · Made 1950-12-20 · Assam

Assam Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020 (Assam Act No. XXIV of 2022)

Act · Made 2022-06-29 · Assam

Bengal Water Hyacinth Act, 1836 (No. XIII of 1836)

Act · Made 1936-05-28 · West Bengal

Chhattisgarh Krishi Upaj Mandi Adhiniyam, 1972 (Act No. 24 of 1973)

Act · Made 1973-04-27 · Chhattisgarh

Coconut Development Board Act, 1979 (Act No. 5 of 1979)

Act · Made 1979-03-17

Coffee Act, 1942 (Act No. 7 of 1942)

Act · Made 1942-03-02

Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1914 (Act No. 2 of 1914)

Act · Made 1914-02-03

Destructive Insects and Pests (Amendment and Validation) Act, 1992 (No. 12 of 1992)

Act · Made 1992-03-31

East Punjab Agricultural Pests, Diseases and Noxious Weeds Act, 1949 (East Punjab Act No. 4 of 1949)

Act · Made 1949-03-23 · Haryana

East Punjab Improved Seeds and Seedlings Act, 1949 (East Punjab Act No. 19 of 1049)

Act · Made 1949-10-24 · Haryana

Ecomark Rules, 2024

Regulation · Made 2024-09-26

Essential Commodities Act (Act No. 10 of 1955)

Act · Made 1955-04-01

Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2006 (Act No. 54 of 2006)

Act · Made 2006-12-24

Repealed

Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020

Act · Made 2020-09-26

Repealed

Export of Basmati Rice (Quality Control and Inspection) Rules, 2003 (Notification No. 68)

Regulation · Made 2003-01-23

Export of Basmati Rice (Quality Control Inspection) (Amendment) Rules, 2006

Regulation · Made 2006-05-24

Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020

Act · Made 2020-09-27

Repealed

Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020

Act · Made 2020-09-24

Repealed

Fertiliser Control (Amendment) Order, 2013

Regulation · Made 2013-02-15

Fertiliser (Control) Fourth Amendment Order, 2013

Regulation · Made 2013-11-29

Fertiliser (Control) Order, 1985

Regulation · Made 1985

Fertiliser (Control) Third Amendment Order, 2013

Regulation · Made 2013-08-16

Food Corporations Act, 1964 (Act No. 37 of 1964)

Act · Made 1964-12-10

Food Corporations Rules, 1965

Regulation · Made 1965-01-13

Food Safety and Standards (Advertising and Claims) Regulations, 2018

Regulation · Made 2018-11-19

Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, toxins and Residues) Second Amendment Regulations, 2017

Regulation · Made 2017-07-21

Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011

Regulation · Made 2011-08-01

Food Safety and Standards (Foods for Infant Nutrition) Regulations, 2020

Regulation · Made 2020-12-04

Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020

Regulation · Made 2020-11-17

Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Regulations, 2011

Regulation · Made 2011-08-01

Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011

Regulation · Made 2011-08-01

Foreign Trade Policy 2023

Other · Notified under s.5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (notification number not printed in this copy) · Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Goa, Daman and Diu Irrigation Act, 1973 (Act No. 18 of 1973)

Act · Made 1973-12-29 · Goa; Daman and Diu

Goa Fruit and Ornamental Plant Nurseries (Regulation) Act, 1995 (Goa Act No. 13 of 1997)

Act · Made 1997-04-24 · Goa

Goa Oil Palm (Regulation of Production and Processing) Act, 1998 (Act No. 23 of 1998)

Act · Made 1998-09-07 · Goa

Guidelines for the Implementation of International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture for Facilitated Access under Multilateral System

Regulation · Made 0000

Gujarat Agricultural Pests and Diseases Act, 1980 (No. 7 of 1980)

Act · Made 1980-07-31 · Gujarat

Gujarat Cotton Control Act, 1963 (No. 5 of 1964)

Act · Made 1964-02-21 · Gujarat

Gujarat Cotton Seeds (Regulation of Supply, Distribution, Sale and Fixation of Sale Price) Act. 2008 (Gujarat Act No. 20 of 2008)

Act · Made 2008-09-30 · Gujarat

Haryana Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories, 1992 (Act No. 16 of 1993)

Act · Made 1993-10-19 · Haryana

Haryana Horticulture Nurseries Act, 2025 (Haryana Act No. 17 of 2025)

Act · Made 2025-04-07 · Haryana

Haryana Preservation of Sub Soil Water Act, 2009 (Haryana Act No. 6 of 2009)

Act · Made 2009-03-18 · Haryana

Haryana State Action Plan on Climate Change

policy · Made 2011-12 · Haryana

Himachal Pradesh Agricultural and Horticultural Produce Marketing (Development and Regulation) Act, 2005 (Act No. 20 of 2005)

Act · Made 2005-05-25 · Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh Agricultural Pests, Diseases and Noxious Weeds Act, 1969 (Act No. 18 of 1969)

Act · Made 1969-05-21 · Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh Agricultural Pests, Diseases and Noxious Weeds Rules, 1971

Regulation · Made 1971-06-19 · Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh Fruit Nurseries Registration Act, 1973 (Act No. 15 of 1973)

Act · Made 1973-06-09 · Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh State Strategy and Action Plan on Climate Change

policy · Made 2012 · Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh Utilization of Lands Act, 1973 (Act No. 17 of 1973)

Act · Made 1973-06-04 · Himachal Pradesh

Insecticides Act, 1968 (Act No. 46 of 1968)

Act · Made 1968-09-02

Insecticides (Amendment) Act, 2000 (Act No. 23 of 2000)

Act · Made 2000-08-05

Repealed

Insecticides (Amendment) Rules, 2015

Regulation · Made 2015-11-05

Insecticides Rules, 1971

Regulation · Made 1971

Jammu and Kashmir Food Control Act, 1986 (1929 A.D.) (Act No. 1 of 1929)

Act · Made 1929-04-29

Jammu and Kashmir Mulberry Protection Act, 1949 (Act No. X of Samvat 2006)

Act · Made 1949-09-30

Jammu and Kashmir Plant Diseases and Pests Act, 1973 (Act No. XIV of 1973)

Act · Made 1973-04-27

Jammu and Kashmir Saffron Act, 2007 (Act No. V of 2007)

Act · Made 2007-02-21

Jammu and Kashmir Vegetable Seeds Act, 1952 (Act No. XII of Svt. 2009)

Act · Made 1951-07-08

Repealed

Jharkhand Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 2000 (Act No. 16 of 1960)

Act · Made 1960-08-06 · Jharkhand

Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008 (Act No. 28 of 2008)

Act · Made 2008-08-12 · Kerala

Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland (Amendment) Act, 2011 (Act No. 14 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011 · Kerala

Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland (Amendment) Act, 2018 (Act No. 29 of 2018)

Act · Made 2018-07-06 · Kerala

Kerala Plant Diseases and Pests Act, 1972 (Act No. 25 of 1972)

Act · Made 1972-10-12 · Kerala

Kerala Raw Cashew Nuts (Procurement and Distribution) Act, 1981 (Act No. 14 of 1981)

Act · Made 1981 · Kerala

Kerala State Action Plan on Climate Change

policy · Made 2014-08 · Kerala

Madhya Pradesh State Action Plan for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance (MP-SAPCAR)

policy · Made 2019-07-26 · Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra Agricultural Pests And Diseases Act, 1947 (No. XLIII of 1947)

Act · Made 1947-12-10 · Maharashtra

Maharashtra Cotton Seeds (Regulation of Supply, Distribution, Sale and Fixation of Sale Price) Act, 2009

Act · Made 2009-05-03 · Maharashtra

Maharashtra Cotton Seeds (Regulation of Supply, Distribution, Sale and Fixation of Sale Price) Rules, 2010

Regulation · Made 2010-05-07 · Maharashtra

Maharashtra Payment of Compensation for Loss, Injury or Damage Caused by Wild Animals Act, 2023 (Act No. 37 of 2023)

Act · Made 2023-08-14 · Maharashtra

Manipur Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2014 (Act No. 10 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-08-29 · Manipur

Manipur State Action Plan on Climate Change

policy · Made 2013 · Manipur

Meghalaya Commercial Crops Development Board Act, 1996 (No. 6 of 1997)

Act · Made 1997-05-03 · Meghalaya

Meghalaya Commercial Crops Development Board (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Meghalaya Act No. 3 of 2001)

Act · Made 2001-04-19 · Meghalaya

Meghalaya State Climate Change Action Plan

policy · Made 2014-09 · Meghalaya

Mizoram Oil Palm (Regulation of Production and Processing) (Amendment) Act, 2007

Act · Made 2007-09-21 · Mizoram

Mizoram Oil Palm (Regulation of Production and Processing) Act, 2004 (Act No. 13 of 2004)

Act · Made 2004-11-23 · Mizoram

Mizoram Organic Farming Act, 2004 (Act No. 6 of 2004)

Act · Made 2004-07-12 · Mizoram

Mizoram State Action Plan on Climate Change

policy · Made 2012 · Mizoram

Nagaland State Action Plan on Climate Change

policy · Made 2012 · Nagaland

National Biodiversity Action Plan

policy · Made 2008-10-06

National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP) – Addendum 2014 to NBAP 2008

policy · Made 2014

National Disaster Management Guidelines: Management of Drought, 2010

Other · Made 2010-09

National Disaster Management Plan, 2019

policy · Made 2019-11

National Seed Plan

policy · Made 2007

National Seeds Policy, 2002

policy · Made 2002

New Policy on Seed Development, 1988

policy · Made 1988-09-16

Notification notifying certain seeds to be essential commodities for the purposes of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955)

Other · Made 1983-02-24

Notification on exemption of crops listed in the Annex-I of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) from the purview of the Section 3 and 4 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002

Regulation · Made 2014-12-17

Notification to amend the Schedule to the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986

Regulation · Made 2017-08-30

Notification under Section 40 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002

Regulation · Made 2009-10-26

Odisha Climate Change Action Plan (2021-30)

policy · Made 2021 · Odisha

Order on provisional fertilizer Calcium Cyanamide, dated the 15th February 2013

Regulation · Made 2013-02-13

Order on provisional fertilizer Colemanite, dated the 15th February 2013

Regulation · Made 2013-02-15

Order on provisional fertilizer Potassium Magnesium Sulphate, dated the 15th February 2013

Regulation · Made 2013-02-15

Order on provisional fertilizer Urea Ammonium Phosphate fortified with Sulphur, dated the 15th February 2013

Regulation · Made 2013-02-15

Orissa Climate Change Action Plan (2010-2015)

policy · Made 2010 · Odisha

Orissa Pani Panchayat Rules, 2003

Regulation · Made 2003-04-23 · Odisha

Plant Quarantine Order (Regulation of Import into India), 2003

Regulation · Made 2003-11-18

Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (Second Amendment) Order, 2020

Regulation · Made 2020-01-31

Plantations Labour Act, 1951

Act · Made 1951-11-02

Repealed

Plantations Labour (Assam Amendment) Act, 2017

Act · Made 2018-03-07 · Assam

Plants, Fruits and Seeds (Regulation of Import in India) Order, 1989

Regulation · Made 1989-10-27

Repealed

Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmer's Rights Regulations, 2006

Regulation · Made 2006-12-07

Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2011 (No. 53 of 2001)

Act · Made 2001-08-28

Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Rules, 2003

Regulation · Made 2003

Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (Second Amendment) Rules, 2009

Regulation · Made 2009-10-27

Puducherry Action Plan on Climate Change

policy · Made 2013-10 · Puducherry

Punjab Fruit Nurseries Act, 1961 (Punjab Act No. 13 of 1961)

Act · Made 1961-03-28 · Punjab

Punjab Fruit Nurseries Act, 1961 (Punjab Act No. 13 of 1961)

Act · Made 1961-03-28 · Haryana

Repealed

Punjab Fruit Nurseries (Amendment) Act, 2021 (Punjab Act No. 7 of 2022)

Act · Made 2021-12-28 · Punjab

Punjab Preservation of Subsoil Water Act, 2009

Act · Made 2009-04-28 · Punjab

Punjab State Action Plan on Climate Change

policy · Made 2014-02 · Punjab

Punjab Sugarcane (regulation of Purchase and Supply) Act, 1953 (East Punjab Act No. 40 of 1953)

Act · Made 1953-10-30 · Punjab

Punjab Tissue Culture Based Seed Potato Act, 2020 (Punjab Act No. 18 of 2020)

Act · Made 2020-10-30 · Punjab

Rajasthan State Action Plan on Climate Change

policy · Made 2014-09-04 · Rajasthan

Rubber Act, 1947 (Act No. 24 of 1947)

Act · Made 1947-04-18

S.O. 2339(E). - Amendment to Environmental Impact Assessment Notification 2006

Regulation · Made 2021-06-16

Seeds Act (Act No. 54 of 1966)

Act · Made 1966-12-29

Seeds (Amendment) Act (Act No. 55 of 1972)

Act · Made 1972-09-09

Seeds (Amendment) Rules, 1973

Regulation · Made 1973-06-30

Seeds (Amendment) Rules, 1974

Regulation · Made 1975-04-29

Seeds (Amendment) Rules, 1981

Regulation · Made 1981-06-10

Seeds (Control) Amendment Order, 2006

Regulation · Made 2006-07-26

Seeds Control Order, 1983

Regulation · Made 1983-12-30

Seeds Rules, 1968

Regulation · Made 1968

Sikkim Agricultural Produce Market Act, 1993

Act · Made 1993-03-02 · Sikkim

Sikkim State Action Plan on Climate Change (2012-2030)

policy · Made 2011-03 · Sikkim

Spices Board Act, 1986 (Act No. 10 of 1986)

Act · Made 1986

Spices Board Rules, 1987

Regulation · Made 1987

Strategic Plan for New and Renewable Energy Sector for the period (2011 - 2017)

policy · Made 2011-02

Sustainable Development Goals 2030: Strategies and Action plan for Karnataka

policy · Made 2020-08 · Karnataka

Tamil Nadu Agricultural Pests and Diseases Act, 1919 (No. 3 of 1919)

Act · Made 1919-04-29 · Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu Biotechnology Policy 2014

policy · Made 2014 · Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu State Action Plan on Climate Change

policy · Made 2015-03-31 · Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu Sugarcane (Regulation of Purchase Price) Act, 2018 (Act No. 23 of 2018)

Act · Made 2018-07-12 · Tamil Nadu

Targeted Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2015

Regulation · Made 2015-03-20

Tea Act, 1953 (Act No. 29 of 1953)

Act · Made 1953-05-28

Telangana Bio-Fertilisers (Monitoring and Quality Control) Act, 2006. (Act No. 6 of 2006)

Act · Made 2005-12-30 · Telangana

Telangana Cotton Seeds (Regulation of Supply, Distribution, Sale and Fixation of Sale Price) Act. 2008 (Gujarat Act No. 29 of 2007)

Act · Made 2007-08-14 · Telangana

Telangana Registration of Horticulture Nurseries (Regulation) Act, 2010 (Act No. 13 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010 · Telangana

Telangana State Action Plan on Climate Change

policy · Made 2013 · Telangana

The Andhra Pradesh Millets Board Act, 2019 (Act No. 6 of 2020)

Act · Made 2020-01-03 · Andhra Pradesh

The Andhra Pradesh Pulses Board Act, 2019 (Act No. 7 of 2020)

Act · Made 2020-01-03

The Land Ports Authority of India Act, 2010 (Act No. 31 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-08-31

The Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011

Regulation · Made 2011-03-07

The Warehousing Corporations Act, 1962 (Act No. 58 of 1962)

Act · Made 1962-12-19

Tripura Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1980. (Tripura Act No. 15 of 1983)

Act · Made 1980 · Tripura

Tripura Plant Diseases and Pests Act, 1969 (Tripura Act No. 1 of 1969)

Act · Made 1969-06-07 · Tripura

Tripura State Action Plan on Climate Change

policy · Made 2011 · Tripura

Uttar Pradesh State Action Plan on Climate Change

policy · Made 2014 · Uttar Pradesh

Uttarakhand Action Plan on Climate Change

policy · Made 2014 · Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand Fruit Nurseries (Regulation) Act, 2019 (Uttarakhand Act 11 of 2020)

Act · Made 2020-01-16 · Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand Organic Agriculture Act, 2019 (Uttarakhand Act No.08 of 2020)

Act · Made 2020-01-20 · Uttarakhand

West Bengal Jute Goods Act, 1950 (No. 5 of 1950)

Act · Made 1950-03-15 · West Bengal

West Bengal Jute Goods (Control) Act, 1950 (No. 4 of 1950)

Act · Made 1950-03-15 · West Bengal

West Bengal State Action Plan on Climate Change

policy · Made 2012-04 · West Bengal