Indian Government released 31 new varieties of 14 crops for Uttar Pradesh Farmers
03 October 2023, Uttar Pradesh: The Indian Government after consultation with the Central Seed Committee has released 31 new varieties of 14 crops be sold for the purposes of agriculture in Uttar Pradesh. The notification was released by Pankaj Yadav, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare on 25th September 2023.
Below is the list of varieties released for sale in Uttar Pradesh.
| S.No. | Crop | Type | Name of Variety/ Hybrid | Recommended sale in State Union territories |
| 1 | Rice | Open Pollinated Variety | Malviya Sugandhi Dhan-156 (HUR156-IET25419) | Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal |
| 2 | Rice | Open Pollinated Variety | Pusa Narendra KN1 (Pusa1638-07-130-2-67-1-1) (IET26204) | Uttar Pradesh |
| 3 | Rice | Open Pollinated Variety | Pusa CRD KN2 (Pusa1638-07-171-1-81-1-2) (IET26213) | Uttar Pradesh |
| 4 | Maize | Open Pollinated Variety | HT 5110 (HT 519074) | Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Eastern Uttar Pradesh |
| 5 | Pearl millet | Hybrid | ADV 955 (16ADV0055) | Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka |
| 6 | Indian mustard | Open Pollinated Variety | CS 64 (CS 2005-143) | Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, Plains of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh |
| 7 | Indian mustard | Open Pollinated Variety | Pant Rai-22 (PRL-2013-17) | Uttarakhand |
| 8 | Yellow Sarson | Open Pollinated Variety | Pant Pili Sarson-2 (PYS- 2016-8) | Uttarakhand |
| 9 | Linseed | Open Pollinated Variety | Sabour Tisi-4 (BRLS 121) | Uttar Pradesh (Excluding Bundelkhand), Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam and Nagaland |
| 10 | Linseed | Open Pollinated Variety | Shuats Alsi-4 (SH-4) | Uttar Pradesh |
| 11 | Linseed | Open Pollinated Variety | Azad Pragya (LCK 1516) | Uttar Pradesh |
| 12 | Chickpea | Open Pollinated Variety | GNG 2461 | Punjab, Haryana, Delhi North western and Rajasthan, Western Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir |
| 13 | Chickpea | Open Pollinated Variety | Pusa Chickpea Vijay (BGM 10217) | Uttar Pradesh |
| 14 | Lentil | Open Pollinated Variety | LL 1613 | Haryana, Punjab, Northern Rajasthan, Plains of Uttarakhand, Delhi, Western Uttar Pradesh and part of Jammu and Kashmir |
| 15 | Lentil | Open Pollinated Variety | Pant Lentil 12 (PL 245) | Uttarakhand |
| 16 | Mungbean | Open Pollinated Variety | Malaviya Jankranti (HUM 27) | Uttar Pradesh |
| 17 | Urdbean | Open Pollinated Variety | Pant Urd 11 (PU 13-05) | Uttarakhand |
| 18 | Fieldpea | Open Pollinated Variety | Shikhar (IPFD 19-1) | Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, West Bengal and central and eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh |
| 19 | Fieldpea | Open Pollinated Variety | Pant Pea 462 (Pant P 462) | Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, West Bengal and Eastern Uttar Pradesh |
| 20 | Fieldpea | Open Pollinated Variety | Arpan (IPFD 19-3) | Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam and West Bengal |
| 21 | Fieldpea | Open Pollinated Variety | HFP 1426 | Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Assam |
| 22 | Forage Sorghum | Open Pollinated Variety | Pant Chari 12 (UTFS 79) | Uttarakhand |
| 23 | Forage Sorghum | Open Pollinated Variety | Pant Chari 13 (UTFS 83) | Uttarakhand |
| 24 | Forage Sorghum | Open Pollinated Variety | Pant Chari 14 (UTMC 545) | Uttarakhand |
| 25 | Forage Sorghum | Open Pollinated Variety | Pant Chari 15 (UTMC 559) | Uttarakhand |
| 26 | Dinanath grass | Open Pollinated Variety | Budel Dinanath-3 (JHD-19-4) | West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Assam, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh |
| 27 | Sugarcane | Open Pollinated Variety | CO 16030 (Karan 16) | Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Central and Western Uttar Pradesh. |
| 28 | Sugarcane | Open Pollinated Variety | Ikshu-10 (CoLK 14201) | Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh (Western & Central) and Uttarakhand (North West Zone) |
| 29 | Sugarcane | Open Pollinated Variety | Ikshu-14 (CoLK 15206) (LG 07584) | Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh (Western & Central) and Uttarakhand (North West Zone) |
| 30 | Sugarcane | Open Pollinated Variety | Ikshu-15 (CoLK 16466) | Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal and Assam |
| 31 | Sugarcane | Open Pollinated Variety | Rajendra Ganna-5 (CoP 11438) | Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal and Assam |
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