Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
A scientific study on the cry1Ac gene has turned controversial, dividing Indian scientists on what appears to be a fundamental issue related to the gene drawn from the naturally occurring soil bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis. The paper, which was put out by a clutch of scientists including the high-profile Deepak Pental, …
Ever More Revolutions It is strange that the PM, who pioneered economic liberalisation, should look for ever greater production in a single industry — agriculture The Prime Minister promised rural India a new deal, which would involve a second green revolution; that was while inaugurating the Delhi office of the …
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has sought funds to the tune of Rs 5,000 crore for research and development of transgenic seeds in pulses. “Transgenic material is very important to take on pod borer that results in losses up to 30 per cent of all pulses produced in …
A senior farmers' leader and former Agriculture Minister, Mr Vadde Sobhanadreeswara Rao, has asked the ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) to ban research on genetically modified (GM) paddy. GM in paddy might impact business prospects for Indian rice in global markets. Voicing concern that GM paddy traits could contaminate …
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has expressed concern over crop holiday being observed in Andhra Pradesh. Addressing the rice innovators meet at the Directorate of Rice Research (DRR) here on Tuesday, Dr K.D. Kokate, Deputy Director-General (Extension), ICAR, said farmers need to get remunerative prices. “We have to …
Haryana has been selected for the Best Performing State Award for wheat for 2010-11, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said on Monday. The award would be presented by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on ICAR Foundation Day in New Delhi on July 16. He disclosed that the award money, Rs.1 crore …
The challenges that India's agriculture faces in the coming years remain enormous. Though we have achieved self-sufficiency in cereal production, we continue to depend on imports for pulses and edible oils. We continue to face the problem of under-nutrition, particularly among our children and women. Ensuring food and nutritional security …
New Delhi With heavy rains lashing eastern parts of the country during last few days, the paddy sowing activities are expected to get a boost during next few weeks, a top agricultural scientist said. Heavy rainfall in West Bengal, Assam and Orissa has resulted in key paddy growing regions starting …
The State has laid stress on inducting a mission mode approach by the Union Government to document and conserve the diverse and unique horticultural germplasms available not only in Assam but also in other parts of the NE region before they get extinct due to overexploitation or negligence. It also …
With the postponement of a crucial meeting of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) which was to deliberate on field trials of genetically modified seeds, the decision on their commercial release may be delayed further, possibly until the next kharif season. The proposed 110th meeting of GEAC, scheduled for Wednesday, …
Trial plans for biotech version of crops like rice, cotton, corn, castor, sorghum and potato could be delayed since a crucial meeting of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) was postponed by a month from scheduled date of June 8. The meeting was expected to discuss permission of field trials …
New Delhi THE rising sale of spurious pesticides in the country is resulting in crop damage, top agricultural scientists said on Wednesday. S Ayyappan, director general, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), said around 40% of pesticides used in the country is spurious.
IT is just a 12-member body but the Agricultural Group (AG) of the Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises (ABLE-Ag) must be about the most powerful lobby groups in India. Among the dozen companies are the world’s largest biotech companies— Bayer BioScience, Dow AgroSciences, Monsanto, PHI Seeds—and a clutch of rising …
PANJIM, Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) is charting out a plan to increase the domestic production of rice from four tons per ha to six tons per hectare through high yielding varieties. Chairman of the Research Advisory Committee, ICAR Goa, Kirti Singh said that the current production of rice …
PANJIM, Although the area under floriculture in Goa is meagre, Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) has designed a roadmap to enhance the floriculture industry. ICAR Director N Singh said that there is a huge demand for flowers in Goa due to a booming tourism industry. He said that Goa …
