Is Bt cotton a success or failure?

A conference held in Delhi to review whether Bt cotton has benefitted the country ended inconclusively. Non-profits, farmers’ groups, industry representatives and regulators agreed that the area under cotton cultivation and cotton production has increased in India in the past decade, but how much of this could be attributed to Bt technology was a question no one could answer satisfactorily.

Gujarat drops Monsanto's hybrid maize

The Gujarat government has decided to withdraw multinational company Monsanto’s proprietary seeds from various ongoing government projects in the state. The decision is said to have been taken at a Cabinet meeting on April 25.

Monsanto conducted trials of GM maize without approval, reveals RTI reply

The Indian subsidiary of US biotech giant Monsanto is in the eye of yet another controversy over genetically modified crop trials. Monsanto India Limited conducted trials of a herbicide-tolerant, genetically modified (GM) maize hybrid without seeking approval from India's biotech regulatory panel, the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC).