Agriculturally advanced countries have been using the technology to improve farm output for their people as well as for exporting purposes.

After the selection of appropriate events and clearance of RCGM, transgenic events will be submitted to GEAC for further observation and ap...

A group of secretaries has recommended fast tracking of Biosafety Regulatory Level 1 (BRL1) trial and for resolving regulatory issues of GM...

Various studies published between 2002 and 2012 did not find any significant hazard to human health, biodiversity or the environment caused...

The only GM product allowed for commercial cultivation in the country, Bt cotton has made India the largest cotton producer in the world.

"We are growing between 12-15 per cent per annum and expect to grow at the same rate in the next 3 years," Mahyco Chief Technology Officer ...

Since June 2011, it has been made mandatory for companies to obtain 'NOC' from the state governments where they want to conduct field tests.

Developments on this front in the past three days show how the government is inclined to make GM a success story in India.

Though Monsanto has, so far, not got any communication from these MPs for cancellation of their August 24-30 visit, sources in the BJP said.

On July 18, the GEC had given green signal for field trials of genetically-modified rice, mustard, cotton, chickpea and brinjal.

Borlaug was an outspoken supporter of GM crops. He blasted anti-GM activists as alarmists ignorant of nature and spreading falsehoods based...

GEAC Chairman Hem Pande said "field trials for certain varieties of GM crops including rice, brinjal, chickpea, mustard and cotton had been...

The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has entered into a strategic partnership with Gujarat State Seed Corporation (GSSC) through the si...

The panel's recommendations are similar to those of Jairam Ramesh, who had proposed a moratorium on the commercial release of BT Brinjal.

Biotech can increase crop yield dramatically, and fight food inflation. Farmers are ready for reform, research is peaking. Now, govt has to...