ESTABLISHMENT OF PLANT BREEDER’S RIGHTS REGISTRY AND STRENGTHENING OF DUS EXAMINATION SYSTEM

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Islamabad

Ministry of National Food Security and Research

Ministry of National Food Security and Research

Rs. 401.499 Million

Rs.439.7 million

Development of Structural arrangements i.e. Buildings for PBR Registry Headquarter, PVR Lab, DUS depository
Developing sites for the assessment of DUS of FSC&RD at Islamabad, Khanewal, Faisalabad, Tandojam, Quetta and Peshawar
Developing Working Manuals for implantation support of Registry, Standard Guidelines for Examination of varieties and maintenance of Depositories;
Development of Technical Guidelines for Conduct of DUS trials;
Establishing digital databases of varieties for Examination of Novelty, Denomination and Variety Protection to support examination system of varieties
Establishing necessary databases, directories and library of relevant documents.
Prepare for Pakistan’s effective participation in various international fora on plant variety protection and related IPR issues;
Training of Staff of Relevant Institutions

5 acres Land for DUS site identified at NARC Islamabad
Layout/mapping of site development and cost estimates done by Pak PWD
Site for PBR building, PVR Lab and DUS depository selected at NARC
Building design/lay out prepared by Pak PWD
Summary for approval of NARC land utilization submitted for approval of Prime Minister
Recruitment initiated last year but tests could not be conducted owing delay by PTS. Posts have been re-advertised on 6-2-2021
Case for purchase of vehicles submitted with Finance Division (committee on Austerity Measures)

Office Building for the Plant Breeders’ Rights Registry shall be established to house the office/employees of the PBR Registry
A model DUS center shall be established at NARC to conduct DUS trials at par with modern DUS assessment arrangements
Technical Guidelines shall be drafted to undertake accurate DUS assessment
SOPs and Procedures for establishment of DUS depository, Digital Database for Novelty Assessment shall be drafted
Employment shall be generated

Date of approval with Forum
Original date	Revised Date, if any	All subsequent Revisions if any
25-4-2018	2-2-2020	N/A
Financial Arrangement	Federal
Donor (if any)along with a share of foreign aid in the cost	None
Actual Date of Commencement	01-07-2019
Completion Date (as per PC-I)	30-6-2022
Likely Completion Date	30-6-2023
Reason of Time and Cost Overrun	N/A
Specific decision/ recommendation made during previous quarterly reviews of PSDP 2019-20	NIL
PMES system updated on (please specify date)	N/A

Financial progress
a) Expenditure up to June 2020	Rs. 3.693 million
b) %age Financial progress to-Date	1%
Physical completion (in %age terms)	5%
Allocation 2020-21	Rupee	Foreign loan(if any)
	100 Million	Nil
Releases 2020-21	Rupee	Foreign Loan(if any)
	40 million	Nil
Expenditure/Utilization 2020-21 (July-Sept 2020)	Rupee	Foreign loan(if any)
	0.37 million	Nil
Bottlenecks/Issues impeding progress on the project (if any)	Staff could not be recruited as PTS did not conduct written test due to Covid-19 Construction of PBR Office, PVR Lab and Depository could not be started due to delay in approval of Summary from the PM office for utilization of NARC land
Latest implementation status of the decision/recommendation	NIL