Bengaluru, May 31 (IANS) India introduced genetically-modified cotton (Bt-cotton) containing Bt-toxins capable of killing the cotton pest w...

In a notification issued on March 10, the ministry said status quo would also be maintained on the trait value (tech fee).

The new cotton variety is among few others identified by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for cultivation in North region.

The new complaints pertain to abuse of dominant position by way of imposing discriminatory conditions in sub-license agreements.

The Competition Commission (CCI) is investigating whether an Indian arm of the US-based technology major resorted to anti-competitive pract...

A decision to revive cultivation of indigenous varieties of cotton was taken in a meeting yesterday, headed by Agriculture Minister Radha M...

India’s private seed companies are for the first time considering production of non-hybrid Bt cotton seeds, seeking to benefit from the gov...

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

CICR has introduced Bt genes into 21 cotton seed varieties, which scientists say can be provided to farmers at 10% of the price of hybrid s...

Cotton farmers now have an option of switching to non-BT or traditional hybrid varieties that have given comparable yields in trials.

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR) entered into agreement for developing indigenous BT Cot...

With last year's weak monsoon and the prospects of a below-normal one this year, the Maharashtra government plans to promote non-Bt cotton ...

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...

Bt cotton technology has attracted young farmers to cotton farming in the country, a survey by Indian Society for Cotton Improvement (ISCI)...

Bombay High Court has upheld the validity of the Maharashtra Cotton Seed Act, 2009 that regulates the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the stat...

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

Fighting a spirited legal battle against US biotech major Monsanto on its "astronomical" trait value for Bt Cotton seeds, the Andhra Prades...