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National Seeds Corporation

Indian state-owned company

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ104880441 ↗
Source-derived summary

National Seeds Corporation Limited, abbreviated as NSC, is an Indian government undertaking for the development of the seed industry in India. It produces 1.5 lakh tons of seed per year with net worth 633.62 Crores. Founded in March 1963, its headquarters is in New Delhi.

It is a Mini Ratna company, wholly owned by Govt.

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The public source identifies “National Seeds Corporation” as indian state-owned company. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around National, Seeds and Corporation.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1963—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with National, Seeds and Corporation providing the first useful test.
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The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q104880441. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1963.

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This entry incorporates text from “National Seeds Corporation” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.