The move is significant considering the govt is treading cautiously on the path of GM crop amid strong opposition from environmentalists.

Agriculture accounts for almost half of all employment but only 14% of GDP. India must move people out of agriculture into industry and ser...

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

Amidst the debate over allowing use of Genetically Modified mustard, Raje said GM crops are not allowed in the state and would not be permi...

"This can happen here also. Department of Biotechnology can look in to this issue. The government's policy on GM is not known," he added.

Sugarcane crop, which is grown on just 4 per cent of the gross cropped area in the state, accounts for 71.5 per cent of the total water usa...

The Telangana government is preparing ground to give approvals to multinational seed giants to conduct field trials of genetically modified...

The 12 crops ready for field trials include cotton, rice, castor, wheat, maize, groundnut, potato, sorghum, brinjal, mustard, sugarcane and...

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

Sangh groups raised concerns over various issues and asked government not to rush into any action that could harm the interests of the comm...

The ministry, however, said that the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) has recommended certain cases for field trials.

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

Indian scientists have over the years developed more than 200 genetically modified (GM) varieties of as many as 15 crops including cotton, ...

Research work related to genetic modification (GM) in the agriculture sector is being conducted on 72 crops/plant species, Parliament was i...

With the new environment minister Jairam Ramesh disfavouring genetically modified (GM) foods such as a variety of brinjal and tomato, the f...

India, which recorded the fastest growth in genetically modified (GM) crop adoption globally, could attain food self sufficiency once it al...

The dairy livestock sector - fulcrum of the second green revolution envisaged by the Centre - is set for a big boost in Budget 2007.