Study highlighted the need to reduce anxiety and choice overload associated with farm decisionsLead researcher Andrew Flachs surveyed cotton-growing villages in Telangana, which has seen a high number of farmer suicides
1 min read26 Feb 2019However, National Seeds Association of India (NSAI) President M Prabhakar Rao said the matter was not decided either on facts or on law without a trial and was referred back to a single bench and the situation has come to square one.
2 min read8 Jan 2019SC ruling that Monsanto can claim patents on its GM cotton seeds is positive for foreign agricultural firms such as Bayer, Dupont Pioneer and Syngenta which have been concerned they could lose patents on GM crops in India
2 min read8 Jan 2019DowDuPont has told India it is putting off trials needed for approval to sell a GM variety of corn, taking a cue from US rival Monsanto that has pulled a similar application due to intellectual property concerns
2 min read4 Aug 2018The FISEC panel collected 13,361 leaf and seed samples and found 15% prevalence of unapproved HT cotton in major states like Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra and Gujarat
3 min read10 Jul 2018Several farmers who have invested in seeds are hoping for rain in the next few days as otherwise they will suffer losses and will have to go through the whole process again
2 min read21 Jun 2018Soaring sales of herbicide tolerant, genetically modified cotton seeds put farmers across states at risk
3 min read13 Jun 2018Monsanto has appealed to Supreme Court against a ruling by the Delhi high court which decreed last month that the world's biggest seed maker cannot claim patents on its GM cotton seeds
1 min read4 May 2018Plant varieties and seeds cannot be patented under Indian law by companies like Monsanto, and any royalties on GM crops will be decided by the agriculture ministry, says Delhi high court
1 min read12 Apr 2018Beside cutting Monsanto's royalties, the govt has also lowered the prices of GM cotton seeds by 7.5% to Rs740 for a packet of 450 grams to help farmers who are struggling with pest infestations
2 min read13 Mar 2018The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared