{"id":5252,"date":"2025-09-23T11:12:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T11:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/?p=5252"},"modified":"2025-09-24T11:20:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T11:20:34","slug":"the-dept-of-biotechnology-through-bric-nipgr-in-collaboration-with-anand-agricultural-university-organized-an-awareness-program-for-national-certification-system-for-tissue-culture-raised-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/the-dept-of-biotechnology-through-bric-nipgr-in-collaboration-with-anand-agricultural-university-organized-an-awareness-program-for-national-certification-system-for-tissue-culture-raised-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dept. of Biotechnology through BRIC-NIPGR, in collaboration with Anand Agricultural University, organized an awareness program for &#8216;National Certification System for Tissue Culture Raised Plants&#8217; (NCS-TCP) in Anand, Gujarat on 26 August, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv2\/images\/ncs-tcp-news.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The Department of Biotechnology (DBT India) through BRIC-National Institute of Plant Genome Research (BRIC<br>NIPGR), in collaboration with Anand Agricultural University, organized an awareness program for &#8216;National<br>Certification System for Tissue Culture Raised Plants&#8217; (NCS-TCP) in Anand, Gujarat on 26 August, focused on<br>promoting the tissue culture industry and benefits of quality planting materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"966\" height=\"637\" src=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ncs-tcp-news2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ncs-tcp-news2.png 966w, https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ncs-tcp-news2-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ncs-tcp-news2-768x506.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>National Certification System for Tissue Culture Raised Plants (NCS-TCP) is a unique, comprehensive and dynamic<br>quality management system established by the DBT, Govt. of India as per the Gazette of India Notification under the<br>Seeds Act 1966.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first and foremost objective of NCS-TCP programme is to ensure production of virus and other plant pathogens<br>free and genetically uniform quality planting material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its inception, over 1.3 billion plants have been certified, with nearly 500 million certified in the past three years<br>alone. 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