The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmer's Rights Act, 2001 (PPVFR Act 2001) was enacted by India as a part of sui generis system. The Act has 11 chapters and 97 clauses. For a variety to be eligible for registration, it must conform to the criteria of novelty, distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (NDUS) under Section 15 of the act. After the variety had been registered the breeder or the farmer had the right to produce, to sell, to market, to distribute, to import and to export the variety. The period of protection is eighteen years in the case of trees and vines and fifteen years in the case of extant varieties. It also provides equitable benefit sharing. Thus the Indian PVPFR Act provides a balance between plant breeders’ rights along with farmers’ rights and researchers’ rights and thus appears to be an effective sui generis system.