March 12, 2024

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India - Union Minister inaugurates first of its kind ‘National Speed Breeding Crop Facility, "DBT Speedy Seeds” at the National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) in Mohali

April 20, 2023

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India - Agriculture minister launches SATHI portal and mobile app for seed traceability (AgriculturePost)

January 12, 2023

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India - Cabinet approves Setting up of a national level multi-state cooperative seed society under Multi-State Cooperative Societies (MSCS) Act, 2002

January 2, 2023

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India 'deeply engaged' in developing GM seeds for 13 crops (Reuters)

October 3, 2022

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Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) organised Kisan Sampark Yatra to obtain farmers’ feedback of newly released IARI basmati varieties - Three improved Basmati rice varieties with resistance to both Bacterial blight and blast diseases, paves the way for sustaining India’s leadership in Basmati rice exports across the world

May 18, 2022

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India - Department of Biotechnology releases Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Genome Edited Plants, 2022

April 1, 2022

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India - Central government exempts genome-edited crops from stringent GM regulations (Business Standard)

June 14, 2017

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India - National Institute of Plant Genome Research develops genetically modified rice that can reduce phosphorus fertilizer usage

February 15, 2017

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Union Minister of Agriculture inaugurates Indian Seed Congress 2017 in Kolkata

August 28, 2016

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India - Agriculture Ministry to talk to all stakeholders for GM seed policy (The Economic Times)

November 21, 2014

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India - Ministry of Agriculture plans to launch new national seed mission (Business Standard)

October 28, 2014

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India - Government allows field trials for GM mustard, brinjal (Hindustan Times)

May 29, 2014

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India - Government to let in GM crops only if essential, says Agriculture Minister (The Economic Times)

March 24, 2014

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India - National Biotechnology Development Strategy - 2014 (Biotech Strategy II)

April 11, 2013

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Erstes bilaterales Agrarprojekt zu Saatgut mit Indien vereinbart - Deutschland und Indien unterzeichnen eine Absichtserklärung aus Anlass der deutsch-indischen Regierungskonsultationen in Berlin

April 4, 2013

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Crop genomics and technologies – update to joint call for research proposals from the UK's Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and India's Department of Biotechnology (DBT)

March 5, 2013

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India - Environment ministry reconstitutes bio-tech regulator - the Genetically Engineered Appraisal Committee (GEAC) (Hindustan Times)

October 10, 2012

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India - Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister on Biotechnology and Agriculture

March 26, 2012

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India aims to achieve higher production of wheat

February 13, 2012

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India's Department of Science and Technology and ICRISAT launch Center of Excellence on climate change for plant protection

January 24, 2011

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India - Online plant quarantine services launched

December 13, 2010

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Bt cotton is the only transgenic crop approved for commercial cultivation in India

December 2, 2010

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India - Prices of onions being monitored, show declining trends in Nasik 

December 1, 2010

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India - NAFED involves cooperative societies in production of certified seeds

November 30, 2010

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Cotton acreage up in India

October 22, 2010

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India - Agriculture Minister praises National Seeds Corporation's high quality seeds (SiFy)

India - National Seeds Corporation and State Farms Corporation present dividend cheques to Minister of Agriculture

October 8, 2010

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India - Total Kharif acreage over 1021 lakh hectare ; 64.34 lakh hectare more than last year

September 10, 2010

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India - Kharif crops sown in over 990 lakh hectare area; 76.25 lakh ha more than last year

August 27, 2010

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India - Seed Bill 2010 provides for compulsory registration of kinds or varieties of seeds; Farmers are exempted