‘Historic reforms for farmers’: Union Agriculture Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan shares details of new Seed Act

• Union Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare has unveiled a new Seed Act to replace the Seeds Act, 1966, anchored on traceability, mandatory registration, and harsher penalties against spurious seeds.
• Relevance: tests GS-III (Agriculture inputs, food security) and GS-II (Statutory reform, federalism — seeds is a Concurrent List subject); high-yield Prelims item on Acts, penalties, KVK count.