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June 2016

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June 30, 2016

Why GEAC Must Not Give in to Anti-GM Activists on GM Mustard

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Last week Kavita Kuruganti and six other activists who call themselves grandly as the Coalition for…
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June 29, 2016

Reminding Anti-GM Mustard Activists Why Import Curbs on Edible Oils are Bad

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While trashing genetically-modified (GM) mustard developed by Delhi University’s geneticist Deepak…
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June 23, 2016

Dept of Biotech's Roundtable on GM Crop Patents Fails to Find Middle Ground

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(1) Representatives from the agri-biotechnology industry stressed the need for a predictable and…
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Agriculture PolicyBriefing
June 23, 2016

Food Price Inflation Should Be Fought With Sound Policies, Not Policing

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At a meeting on 7 June to check food price inflation, the consumer affairs ministry announced a slew…
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June 21, 2016

Apex Body of Pulses and Grain Traders Launches Initiative in Marathwada to Capture Rainwater in Riverbeds

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Sponsored Content  The India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA), the apex body of traders in…
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June 20, 2016

Anti-GM Activists Walk Out of GM Mustard Meeting Demanding Two Hours to Speak Against 30 Minutes Given

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Members of a coalition of groups opposed to genetically-modified (GM)  crops walked out of a…
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Agriculture PolicyBriefing
June 17, 2016

Micro-Irrigation Industry Wants Subsidy Capped at 50 Percent of Cost

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While presenting to the agriculture ministry their analysis of why micro-irrigation covers just 5.5…
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June 15, 2016

Modi Sardines, a Rage in Mangaluru, Warn of Destructive Fishing Practices

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Fish auction centre at South Wharf, Bunder, Mangaluru. Photo by Vivian Fernandes. Unknown perhaps to…
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June 14, 2016

Lessons From Marathwada Drought: Migration Provides an Escape Chute But Falls Short on Psychic Income

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Clad in denim, white tee shirt and possessed of the self-confidence of a Mumbai collegian, Babban…
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June 14, 2016

Benefits, Not Subsidies, Should Drive Drip Irrigation: Ag Secy Pattanayak

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(1) The government is fully on board on several of your suggestions. Direct benefit transfer, which…
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