November 05, 2016 11:36 AM

Genetically modified mustard, if approved, will be the first such food crop to be commercially released in India. This will open the floodgates for other such crops making India one of the largest users of genetically modified crops in the world in the next 10 to 12 years. Given that its agriculture is largely in the hands of multinational seed and agrochemical companies, India will end up bartering its freedom for the benefit of a few and the misery of the rest.

November 04, 2016 04:42 PM

Opposing vehemently genetically modified (GM) food crops, the Rajasthan government today said "no and never" for commercial cultivation of yet to be approved GM mustard crop saying agriculture is the state subject and it has every right to decide what crop to grow.

November 04, 2016 12:15 PM

In 2006, Monmohan Singh, the then-prime minister of India, made a deal with George W. Bush to open India's agriculture sector to U.S. agribusiness interests. The Knowledge Initiative on Agriculture was a quid pro quo agreement related to the U.S. sanctioning and facilitating the development of India's civil nuclear sector.

November 04, 2016 09:10 AM

Gilles-Éric Séralini- a well-known French molecular biologist, political advisor and activist- had written a paper in 2012 showing how the genetically modified corn lead to cancerous growths among rats.

November 03, 2016 07:33 AM

Visakhapatnam: The dreaded pest, pink bollworm, that gave nightmares to cotton farmers in the state a decade ago is back in Andhra Pradesh.

November 01, 2016 11:01 AM

The New York Times (NYT) recently conducted an investigation into the debate whether genetically modified (GM) crops are safe for consumption or not. In their investigation, they exposed that the problems related to GM crops are more basic than what was thought earlier. Here are the five findings from the New York Times investigation on GM crops:

October 29, 2016 01:04 PM

Anti-GM activists and farmers have submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding rejection of GM Mustard to safeguard the interest of farmers, consumers and environment. Farmers organisations including RSS-affiliatee Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, civil society organisations, experts and common citizens under the banner Sarson Satyagraha have come together and pointed out “serious objections” to the release of Genetically Modified (GM) Mustard in their memorandum.

October 29, 2016 06:32 AM

On the outskirts of Raichur, once known as Karnataka’s cotton city, Ramesh Rangappa proudly shows off his recently planted acre of organic cotton. “It’s rain-fed and we haven’t added any chemical fertiliser,” he said. Although there hasn’t been any rain in recent times, the cotton is coming along nicely.

October 29, 2016 05:27 AM

LONDON — The controversy over genetically modified crops has long focused on largely unsubstantiated fears that they are unsafe to eat. But an extensive examination by The New York Times indicates that the debate has missed a more basic problem — genetic modification in the United States and Canada has not accelerated increases in crop yields or led to an overall reduction in the use of chemical pesticides.

October 28, 2016 11:38 PM

New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI) Anti-GM activists and farmers have submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding rejection of GM Mustard to safeguard the interest of farmers, consumers and environment.

October 27, 2016 06:03 PM

राजधानी में राष्ट्रीय स्वयं सेवक संघ, कांग्रेस, आम आदमी पार्टी और कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी ऑफ इंडिया जीएम मस्टर्ड के बीज का विरोध करने के लिए कृषि कार्यकर्ताओं के साथ एक मंच पर दिखाई दिए. इस मंच पर बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री नीतीश कुमार का जीएम मस्टर्ड बीज को नकारने वाले भाशण का वीडियो भी चल रहा था. आप के मंत्री कपिल मिश्रा और कांग्रेस सांसद गौरव गोयल ने मौजूद रहे.

October 27, 2016 06:01 PM

The decision whether to allow the commercialisation of the first genetically modified (GM) food crop (mustard) in India rumbles on. As I have previously discussed here, the bottom line is government collusion over GM crop technology (that is not wanted and not needed) with transnational agribusiness, which is trying to hide in the background.

October 27, 2016 10:00 AM

NEW DELHI: Representatives of over 120 organisations from 20 states will congregate at Jantar Mantar next week to demand a ban on commercial release of GM mustard.

October 26, 2016 11:06 AM

नई दिल्ली: जीन संवर्धित (जीएम) सरसों की खेती को अनुमति नहीं देने की किसान संगठनों की बढ़ती मांग के बीच एक महत्वपूर्ण फैसला किया गया है. एक संसदीय समिति ने जीएम फसलों के पर्यावरण पर होने वाले प्रभावों के विवादास्पद मुद्दे पर गौर करने का फैसला किया है.

October 26, 2016 10:30 AM

More than six years after a moratorium on Bt Brinjal halted the development of the transgenic vegetable, a sinister game is being played again. This time, it is the mustard crop that is under the threat of being replaced by an ill-tested, gene-altered version, whose impact on the ecosystem remains unknown.