Probe agriculture ministry’s role in clearing Bt Cotton: Parliament panel
August 12th, 2012 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) A parliamentary panel has called for an in-depth probe into the agriculture ministry's role in the government's decision to approve the commercial release of Bt ... Read more...
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Maharashtra bans Bt cotton seeds (Lead)
August 9th, 2012 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) The Maharashtra government has banned the sale and distribution of the genetically modified Bt cotton seeds of Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company (Mahyco), a partner of US ... Read more...
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Maharashtra bans Bt cotton seeds
August 9th, 2012 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) The Maharashtra government has banned the sale and distribution of Bt cotton seeds by a US multinational giant in the state, a top official here said ... Read more...
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Maharashtra farmers welcome Bt cotton ban
July 12th, 2012 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, July 12 (IANS) Farmers in Maharashtra Thursday welcomed the state government's move to ban Bt cotton seeds which have created many problems for the agricultural community, mainly in Vidarbha ... Read more...
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Six more Vidarbha farmers commit suicides, says NGO
July 1st, 2012 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, July 1 (IANS) Six more Maharashtra farmers committed suicide in the last 72 hours, taking this year's toll to 422 in the Vidarbha region, said an NGO Sunday.Delayed rains ... Read more...
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Bt Cotton has benefited farmers, raised yield: Study
June 7th, 2012 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Cotton production in India has risen with the use of the hybrid Bt cotton seeds, benefitting farmers and helping the country to become net exporter ... Read more...
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Five more farmers commit suicides in Vidarbha
May 1st, 2012 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 1 (IANS) At least five "debt trapped" farmers have committed suicide in the last 48 hours in Maharashtra's agrarian crisis hit Vidarbha region, taking the toll to ... Read more...
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Vidarbha farmers, widows ‘mourn’ decade of BT cotton (With Image)
March 26th, 2012 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, March 26 (IANS) Thousands of farmers and farm widows across Vidarbha Monday 'mourned' the tenth anniversary of the introduction of US-based GM Seed's revolutionary "BT Cotton" in India, an activist ... Read more...
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Vidarbha farmers, widows to ‘mourn’ decade of BT cotton
March 25th, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, March 25 (IANS) Thousands of farmers and farm widows shall 'mourn' and protest the tenth anniversary of the introduction of US-based GM Seed's revolutionary "BT Cotton" in the country ... Read more...
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Lift curbs on research in biotech crops: Scientists
February 28th, 2012 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 27 (IANS) Leading social scientists and biotechnologists Monday urged the Indian government to remove "arbitrary constraints" on conducting research in agri-biotech crops for ensuring food security across ... Read more...
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Child labour rampant in Gujarat’s cotton fields: NCPCR
October 13th, 2011 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has found a large number of child labourers working in the Bt cotton fields in Gujarat ... Read more...
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‘Produce genetically modified crops after proper assessment’
July 20th, 2011 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) India should produce genetically modified crops and grains after proper impact assessment studies, said an advisor to the National Resource Management Division of the Planning Commission ... Read more...
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Congress to launch farmers’ stir in Gujarat
May 24th, 2011 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, May 24, (IANS) The Congress party in Gujarat will launch an eight-day farmers' rights agitation across the state from June 1, state unit president Arjun Modvadia said here ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan agree to consider PTA (Lead)
April 28th, 2011 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 28 (IANS) India and Pakistan Thursday agreed to explore the possibility of a preferential trade agreement (PTA), even as both countries decided to improve cooperation in areas ranging ... Read more...
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Lift cotton export ban, demand Vidarbha farmers
February 27th, 2011 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Feb 27 (IANS) Demanding that the export ban on cotton be lifted, over 2,000 farmers and farm widows Sunday hanged the effigies of union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Agriculture ... Read more...
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Bt cotton in India ‘good for the field, bad for the farm’
February 8th, 2011 - 2:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 8 (ANI): A new study by a Washington University in St. Louis anthropologist has suggested that crop yields from Bt cotton may have been overemphasized, as modest rises in crop ... Read more...
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CPI-M leader stuns party over GM crops
January 2nd, 2011 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 2 (IANS) Deviating from his party's stand, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member S. Ramachandran Pillai staunchly supported GM crops at an agriculture seminar here. Pillai, who inaugurated the ... Read more...
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Vidarbha farmers, widows to protest Obama’s visit
November 4th, 2010 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Nov 4 (IANS) Farmers all over Vidarbha in eastern Maharashtra will stage candle-light protests on the eve of US President Barack Obama's visit Friday, seeking to draw his attention to ... Read more...
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Bill on GM food likely to be tabled next week
August 21st, 2010 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) A bill seeking to regulate the use of genetically modified (GM) food is likely to be tabled in parliament next week, government sources said Saturday.
The Biotechnology ... Read more...
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Bt cotton farming revolutionizes women’s employment in India: Study
July 29th, 2010 - 12:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 29 (ANI): One of the first genetically modified crops, Bt cotton, has been the source of increasing employment for Indian women, says a new study.Dr Arjunan Subramanian of WMG (Warwick ... Read more...
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Organic cotton farming more profitable: Report (Lead)
June 15th, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 15 (IANS) Organically grown cotton is more profitable for farmers than Bt cotton, a new Greenpeace report said Tuesday.
"In the year 2009-10, farmers cultivating cotton through organic practices earned 200 ... Read more...
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Organic cotton farming more profitable, says report
June 15th, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 15 (IANS) Organically grown cotton is more profitable for farmers than Bt cotton, a new Greenpeace report said here Tuesday.
"In the year 2009-10, farmers cultivating cotton through organic practices earned ... Read more...
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Opposition to GM crops forced government rethink: Scientist
May 16th, 2010 - 1:02 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 15 (IANS) Eminent scientist P.M. Bhargava Saturday said the majority of the people in the country are against genetically modified (GM) food crops and this forced the government to ... Read more...
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Bhargava calls for 15-year moratorium on GM crops in India
May 14th, 2010 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, May 14 (IANS) Eminent scientist P.M. Bhargava Friday called for a moratorium of at least 15 years on genetically modified (GM) crops in the country.
"There should be a complete moratorium on ... Read more...
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Bt Cotton has created major pest problems in China
May 14th, 2010 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
By K.S. Jayaraman
Bangalore, May 14 (IANS) Even as India debates the feasibility of introducing Bt cotton farming, growing of Bt cotton in China since 1997 has resulted in unintended negative consequences, ... Read more...
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25 Vidarbha farmers committed suicide in a week: activist
March 29th, 2010 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, March 29 (IANS) As many as 25 debt-ridden farmers have committed suicide in the past one week in the agrarian crisis-hit Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, an activist said Monday.
"While six ... Read more...
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PM’s council for clear policy on genetically modified crops
February 19th, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) India must take note of the success of Bt cotton in the country and formulate clear-cut policy on genetically modified crops, Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council ... Read more...
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India needs a seed policy: Jairam Ramesh
February 9th, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh Tuesday said India needs to have a seed policy and the country's agriculture should not be dependent on the private sector ... Read more...
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Protests against Bt Brinjal in Chandigarh
January 30th, 2010 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 29 (IANS) Activists of NGO Swadeshi Jagran Manch Friday raised slogans against the clearance given to Bt Brinjal, saying it was like "serving poison on a platter".
"Our country is already ... Read more...
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Ramesh ‘disagrees completely’ with Pawar over Bt Brinjal
January 21st, 2010 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh Thursday took on Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar over permitting commercial cultivation of genetically modified brinjal, after Pawar was quoted as saying an expert ... Read more...
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Assessment on Bt Brinjal wrong, hold its release: biosafety expert
January 12th, 2010 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) A day before the government initiates a series of consultations and public hearings on the release of genetically modified brinjal, biosafety expert Vandana Shiva Tuesday said the ... Read more...
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Haryana institute claims to develop Bt chickpea
December 19th, 2009 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 19 (IANS) Scientists at the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University at Hisar Saturday claimed to have developed Bt chickenpea (gram) on the lines of Bt cotton.
"This transgenic chickpea ... Read more...
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BT brinjal technology is safe, says Dr. Gosal of Punjab Agriculture University
October 20th, 2009 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
By Karan KapoorLudhiana, Oct. 20 (ANI): Contrary to apprehensions of voluntary organisations over the ill effects of Bt technology for brinjals, a distinguished professor with the Punjab Agriculture University (PAU) has said ... Read more...
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Activists oppose commercial farming of Bt brinjal
October 16th, 2009 - 3:23 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 16 (ANI): Social activists staged a mass demonstration here opposing the introduction and commercial farming of genetically modified (GM) crops like the Bt brinjal in the country.The protest ... Read more...
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Nagpur cotton growers expecting good yield following recent rains
October 11th, 2009 - 10:54 pm ICT by ANI
Nagpur, Oct 11(ANI): The cotton growers in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region, who were worried about their crop during the June-August sowing season, now have their hopes rested on a good yield following the ... Read more...
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