Under the new policy, nearly 1.12 lakh farmers in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh are anticipated to be given lic...

Opium trade was one reason why the East India Company came to India.

Cannabis is also used in some religious rituals and festivals such as Holi in which bhang is consumed.

India is having to import opium byproduct codeine phosphate and is in danger of losing its leadership in the international legal narcotics ...

With over 90 per cent crop lost because of untimely rains in the previous season, poppy farmers are now looking for alternative crops.

"The policy would endeavour giving priority to traditional cultivators who have been earlier granted licences for cultivation of opium popp...

CAG said there were cases of under-assessment by Rajasthan govt to the tune of Rs.763.52 crore during the year ended March 31, 2012.

Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have handed over 364.5 MT of opium to the Government of India produced by farmers in the two states under lice...

National Advisory Council chairperson Sonia Gandhi raised the issue of acute shortage of the cancer and HIV pain reliever.

The supply of morphine is severely constrained in local hospitals and retail stores due to stringent laws that prevent making of the final ...

The finance ministry has shortlisted Sun Pharma, Alcaliber SA of Spain and Johnson Matthey of the UK to cultivate poppy on 5,000 acres and ...

Four multinationals are in the race to enter opium trade, after having bid for a govt contract to build ultra-modern processing plant to pr...

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has acquired 100% ownership in a US-based Chattem Chemicals (Chattem) from Elcat.

State governments have agreed to the Centre’s proposal to slash purchase tax on opium by at least 50 per cent, in a move aimed at making co...

And now opium production too is set to go private with top players such as Ranbaxy, Cipla and Dr Reddy’s Labs vying for a piece of the pie.

A clutch of pharmaceutical majors, including Ranbaxy, Dr Reddy’s, Cipla and Nicholas Piramal, has formed a queue before the finance ministr...

The government announced the annual licensing policy for opium crop of 2002-03, according to which about one lakh cultivators of Madhya Pra...