AIKS supports GM mustard and wants hybrid seeds to be thoroughly tested. Even though groups like the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh and the Swadeshi Jagaran Manch, which are backed by the RSS, were against the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee’s (GEAC) decision to allow commercial...
RSS’s farmer body BKS against GM Mustard, claims it could cause cancer The BSK said that the GEAC, Delhi University, and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India work together on issues related to genetically modified crops. The Union Environment Ministry’s Genetic...
14th World Spice Congress will be held in Mumbai in February 2023. The 14th World Spice Congress (WSC), the world’s largest and exclusive business platform for the spice sector, will be held at the CIDCO Exhibition and Convention Centre in Navi Mumbai from February 16 to 18. It is...
Govt to deploy technology for timely settlement of crop insurance from 2023. The Agriculture Ministry has formed two committees: one to oversee the nationwide adoption of technology-based crop yield estimation, and the other to standardize and improve meteorological data infrastructure...
India’s imported fruits and vegetables are becoming increasingly popular According to Fresh Intelligence analysis based on Ministry of Commerce data, India’s fresh fruit imports set a new high of 721,493 tonnes in the calendar year 2021. This was more than double the previous...
