Tag: Bt cotton

Govt lowers sale price of Bt cotton seeds

- March 14, 2019 12:00 am

The Centre has marginally lowered the maximum sale price of Bt cotton seeds (BG-II) for a 450-gram packet to Rs 730 for the 2019-20 season. Read More

No NOC for cotton seed firms!

- June 6, 2017 12:00 am

Cotton seed companies will no longer require a no-objection certificate (NoC) from licence providers for developing new varieties based on the latter’s technology. Read More

Cotton output to rise by 4%: MM Chockalingam

- May 1, 2017 12:00 am

Cotton output to rise by 4%: MM Chockalingam The Cotton Corporation of India Limited or CCI is engaged in diverse activities related to trade, procurement, ... Read More

PAU develops reusable BT cotton seeds

- April 10, 2017 12:00 am

Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has developed two varieties of BT cotton whose plant's seed can be used in the next season and has become the ... Read More

India’s first Bt cotton developed

- March 17, 2017 12:00 am

Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana has announced that it has developed country's first genetically-modified (Bt) varieties of cotton — the seeds of which could be ... Read More

CICR plans 15 desi cotton seeds

- September 7, 2016 12:00 am

Nagpur-based Central Institute of Cotton Research (CICR) plans to launch nearly 15 varieties of desi cotton seeds in March next year, in order to substitute ... Read More

“New Textile Policy of Maharashtra will be launched soon”

- July 1, 2015 12:00 am

Subhash Desai, a leader of Shiv Sena, took charge as the Cabinet Minister of Industries after the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance grabbed the power in Maharashtra ... Read More