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THE PROTECTION OF PLANT VARIETIES AND FARMERS’ RIGHTS ACT, 2001 · FARMERS’ RIGHTS

Section 46 — Framing of schemes, etc

(1)The Central Government shall, for the purposes of section 41 and clause (d) of sub-section (2) of section 45, frame, by notification in the Official Gazette, one or more schemes.
(2)In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (1), the scheme may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—
(a)the registration of the claims for the purposes of section 41 under the scheme and all matters connected with such registration;
(b)the processing of such claims for securing their enforcement and matters connected therewith;
(c)the maintenance of records and Registers in respect of such claims;
(d)the utilisation, by way of disbursal (including apportionment) or otherwise, of any amounts received in satisfaction of such claims;
(e)the procedure for disbursal or apportionment by the Authority in the event of dispute regarding such claims;
(f)the utilisation of benefit sharing for the purposes relating to breeding, discovery or development of varieties;
(g)the maintenance and audit of accounts with respect to the amounts referred to in clause (d).