Agriculture PolicyBriefingJuly 10, 2016Ananth Kumar Telling Companies to Cut DAP, MoP Prices Reverses Reforms of 25 Years Ago By admin The prices of Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) and Muriate of Potash (MoP) were decontrolled by Manmohan…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingJuly 6, 2016Will Environment Minister Anil Dave Support Agri-biotechnology and Approve GM Mustard? By admin The agri-biotechnology industry has reason to be anxious about the replacement of environment…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyGM CropsJuly 1, 2016Blog: Swadeshi Jagran Needed for Self-Sufficiency in Pulses and Nutritional Security By admin The United Nations has declared 2016 as the International Year of Pulses. Why should western…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingJune 23, 2016Dept of Biotech's Roundtable on GM Crop Patents Fails to Find Middle Ground By admin (1) Representatives from the agri-biotechnology industry stressed the need for a predictable and…Read more 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJune 23, 2016Food Price Inflation Should Be Fought With Sound Policies, Not Policing By admin At a meeting on 7 June to check food price inflation, the consumer affairs ministry announced a slew…Read more 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJune 17, 2016Micro-Irrigation Industry Wants Subsidy Capped at 50 Percent of Cost By admin While presenting to the agriculture ministry their analysis of why micro-irrigation covers just 5.5…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agricultural SubsidiesAgriculture PolicyJune 14, 2016Benefits, Not Subsidies, Should Drive Drip Irrigation: Ag Secy Pattanayak By admin (1) The government is fully on board on several of your suggestions. Direct benefit transfer, which…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyRiceJune 12, 2016Blog: Direct-Seeded Rice Can be a Success With Cheap Herbal Hydrogel-Coated Seeds By admin Punjab and Haryana did not traditionally grow rice because they were close to the Thar desert and…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBt cottonGM CropsJune 8, 2016Agriculture Ministry Erred on Bt Cottonseed Price Control, Patent Abrogation: Montek Singh Ahluwalia By admin In an article in the Mint newspaper, Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said that seeds must be removed from…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt cottonGM CropsMay 31, 2016PM Must Reassure Agri-Biotech Industry of No More Arbitrary Action: Ram Kaundinya By admin The 18 May order of the agriculture ministry bringing genetically-modified Bt cottonseed under…Read more 0 0 0 Share