ICRA said controlling the GM seeds licensing of technology providers may further restrict research and development of GM crops in the count...

India embraced its first GM crop in 2002 with the commercialisation of Bt Cottonseed developed by Mahyco Monsanto Biotech (India) Private L...

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 ...

Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh today said he supports use of high quality seeds for sustainable increase in crop productivity and f...

India has so far permitted commercial cultivation of BT cotton and it was grown in 95% of the total cotton area of 12.25 mn hectare in 2014...

While the Monsanto share got a boost on the back of better than expected quarterly results, Singh made a pitch for GM crops, a contentious ...

US seed major Monsanto has said the Indian government should take a decision on adoption of genetically modified (GM) food crops at the ear...

The government is following a policy of case by case approval of genetically modified (GM) crops,said Tariq Anwar, minister of state for Ag...

Industry body for agri-biotech sector ABLE today asked the government to remove the moratorium on commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal.

Researchers wish to improve crops & boost their productivity, Swapan Datta said on the sidelines of an international conference.

Over 30 countries who have adopted Bt technology have increased productivity of key crops like wheat, corn and cotton manifold, said Rashmi...

India is losing competitive advantage due to hesitancy to widely adopted "risk-free" biotech crop technique.

A leading seed company has contended that Bt brinjal hybrids have greater resistance to pests and significantly higher yield.

Even as agriculture minister Sharad Pawar accepted that the last word on Bt Brinjal was that of environment minister Jairam Ramesh, he made...

Bt Brinjal was cleared as India's first genetically modified food crop. Here is a look at the challenge posed by this humble vegetable.