Potato farmers get the greatest gift from Diwali, they get a discount of so many rupees per quintal on government seed. Updated: Di, 14 Oct 2025 08:23 am (IST) There is good news for the potato farmers of Uttar Pradesh. The horticultural section now gives a discount of Rs 800 per quintal on potato seed. Minister of Horticulture Dinesh Pratap Singh made this decision. This release is for the year 2025-26. At present, the potato seed ranges from Rs 2760 to Rs 3715 per quintal. With this release, farmers will get quality seeds and they can produce seeds for years to come. State Bureau, Lucknow. Potato farmers now receive a discount of Rs 800 per quintal on Potato Seed from the Horticulture Division. Dinesh Pratap Singh, Minister of Horticulture (Independent charge), made this decision. He instructed officials to expand the benefit of this discount to the farmers in all districts and to complete the seed distribution process in a transparent way. Remove the advertisement Only read news in the departmental assessment meeting on Monday at his official home, the minister said that in the interests of potato farmers, this discount on the departmental potato seed rates for the year 2025-26 will be given. In the current year, the sales figures of departmental potato seed were set at Rs 2760 to Rs 3715 per quintal, depending on the production cost, while the average potato seeds of private seed companies are about Rs 2500 to Rs 3500. Now farmers will receive discounts in the rates of divisions Potato seeds of all quality categories. Research institutions and government institutions will not receive the benefit of this exemption. Now all departmental potato seed rates for farmers between Rs 1960 and Rs 2915 will be per quintal. In the current year, the horticultural division has 41,876 quintal potato seeds stored, which is made available to the farmers at the cash price, so that the farmers can produce seeds in the coming years.
Potato farmers get the greatest gift from Diwali, a discount of so many rupees per quintal on government seed – UP -farmers get 800 Quintale discounts on potato seed
