Blogpost by Didit Pelegrina - May 14, 2012 at 13:28Add comment   26 April 2012GMO Ban Petition in the Philippines © VJ Villafranca / Greenpeace In a landmark decision the Philippine Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Greenpeace Philippines and other petitioners wholaunched a court case against on-going field trials of genetically engineered (GE) Bt eggplant.  The Supreme Court decision [...]

http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/sc-seeks-reportgm-crops-field-trials-issue-in-3-months/6893/ Press Trust of India / New Delhi May 10, 2012, 17:45   The Supreme Court today sought form an expert committee a report on desirability of the field trials for genetically modified crops within three months. A bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia asked the committee to submit the report on whether [...]

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/hc-asks-panel-on-pesticides-to-frame-guidelines-by-mid-august/992965.html PTI | 06:05 PM,May 01,2012 New Delhi, May 1 (PTI) The Delhi High Court today directed an experts committee set up by it to frame guidelines within three months to check presence of pesticide residues in fruit and vegetables available in open market in the city. A bench of justices S K Kaul and [...]

TNN | Apr 21, 2012, 04.31AM IST   NEW DELHI: Wary of public cynicism, the Supreme Court on Friday spurned repeatedly requests to nominate a retired apex court judge to head the expert committee for recommending rules for bio-safety testing of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). A bench of Chief Justice S H Kapadia and Justices A K Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar said the [...]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Agriculture-gets-highest-ever-allocation/articleshow/12422960.cms CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu has set an ambitious foodgrains production target of 120 lakh tonnes for the coming financial year despite the damage to crops due to the Cyclone Thane and floods this year. The budget estimates that foodgrains production will be 105 lakh tonnes during 2011-12 as against a projected 115 lakh tonnes. However, former Union [...]

PTI | 07:03 PM,Mar 20,2012 http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/panel-formed-to-check-pesticide-residues-in-fruit-veggies/977610.html New Delhi, Mar 20 (PTI) The Centre has formed an expert committee to examine periodically the fruits and vegetables, available in the open market, to ascertain if they contain pesticide residues, the Delhi High Court was informed today. Additional Solicitor General (ASG) A S Chandhiok told a bench of [...]

http://www.livemint.com/2012/03/20184601/8216Review-genetically-modi.html Posted: Tue, Mar 20 2012. 6:47 PM IST ‘Review genetically modified cotton policy’ India’s policy on the use of genetically modified cotton seed needs to be reviewed in the wake of lower than expected productivity Ruchira Singh New Delhi: India’s policy on the use of genetically modified cotton seed needs to be reviewed in [...]

Rajasthan Puts GM Crop Trials on Hold The Rajasthan government has put on hold all trials of genetically modified (GM) crops in the state. In an order dated 13 March, the Principal Secretary, Agriculture, government of Rajasthan stated “..no trials of GM crops should be conducted in the State until final decision in this matter [...]

Kolkata, Mar 12: On a day when the Budget session of the Indian parliament opened, West Bengal Mamata Banerjee told a group of youths, representing various colleges in the city, that she will never allow Genetically Modified (GM) crops in the state. he youths who called on her at her residence on Monday reminded the [...]

http://business-standard.com/india/news/agri-survey-bats-for-pvt-participation/467577/ The first agriculture survey, tabled in Parliament on Monday, called for more private participation to boost farm sector investments, rather than heavy doses of subsidies. “There is always a trade-off between allocating money through subsidies or by increasing investments. The investment option is much better than subsidies for sustaining long-term growth in agricultural production [...]