High Minimum Export Price has led to Indian exporters returning empty-handed from two recent international food fairs as international buyers turned to Pakistan.
Workers demand a 25% hike in pay despite Punjab govt's promise. During wheat procurement season in April, the wages were only increased by a few paise.
THE debate over the promotion of Indian agriculture through the cultivation of GM crops has been revived by the recent approval granted by the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) for the environmental release of Genetically Modified (GM) mustard for hybrid seed production. The Supreme Cou
The row over transgenic crops in India is back. On 18 October, India’s Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) approved the evaluation, in open fields, of genetically modified (GM) mustard, a source of cooking oil a key step on the path to commercial-scale cultivation. But a network of organizations that opposes GM crops is contesting the approval.