Parliamentary committee slams regulatory system on GM crops

Says the crops have an impact on health and the environment and that these aspects were overlooked while approving Bt Brinjal trials in India

Rules and renegades

Pesticide regulations in India are lax. The industry has exploited the loopholes to corrupt the system. And the government has turned a blind eye …

Industry's Nemesis

A report by the National Institute of Occupational Health nails endosulfan. Is that why the pesticide establishment wants to keep it under wraps?

COVID-19: Is e-NAM portal capable of supporting farmers?

Government realises the complexities of the portal 4 years after it was launched

High altitude, high pressure

Ladakh's leadership is alive to many problems. But, challenges are not easy

Panchayati Raj: A good beginning

But will there be a place for traditional institutions in modern local self-governance?

More energy, Less wastage

Solar is Ladakh's way out of the diesel trap

Re-schooling ladakh

Eight years of reforms have turned government schools around in Leh district

An attractive Place to go

Tourism's footprint is too big for Leh's infrastructure

A farewell to farms

Ladakh survives on its farms. But can agriculture survive government policies?

Scientists’ panel calls for 10-year moratorium on GM field trials

Supreme Court-mandated expert committee recommends new tests in thorough overhaul of India’s regulatory regime

The GM maize rats

Findings of the Seralini lab on effect of Monsanto’s GM maize on rats set off a global furore

A people’s festival to protest CBD conference

Non-profits to represent united resolve to protect the country’s natural wealth and bio-cultural heritage from powerful economic interests

Biotech industry has a new patron

Department of Biotechnology is playing venture capitalist to private companies to push biotech research in agriculture

"Subsidy culture has killed local agriculture"

Thupstan Chhewang, Chief Executive Councillor and chairperson of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) speaks to Down To Earth.

Ladakh on the move

Ladakh is the one region in India where sustainable development is the only way ahead. Dry toilets, water efficient crops, cooperative farming, a …

Letter

In Brief

World Water Week 2023: We must invest in natural solutions like spring revival for water security

Time to move away from a hard-engineering approach and embrace nature-based solutions for water security in hill and mountain communities  

Indian diets are unhealthy: EAT-Lancet report

The report compared food consumption patterns in India with a reference diet from the EAT-Lancet Commission

Indefinite moratorium on GM field trials recommended

Supreme Court’s expert panel of scientists for ban on herbicide tolerant crops for India

Indefinite ban on GM field trials recommended

Supreme Court’s expert panel of scientists also against herbicide-tolerant crops for India  

With a taste for metals

Made to order plants that eat pollutants

Kerala says no to GM crop

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