The Kolkata Group, an independent initiative inspired and chaired by Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen, has demanded that the Right to Food Act be made non-discriminatory and universal to cover justiciable food entitlements for all Indians More...

The Indian government puts commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal on hold following pressure from 13 state governments, groups opposed to genetically modified food, and members of the scientific community More...

The road ahead for Bt brinjal has become rockier, with states that enjoy an almost 75% share in the country’s brinjal crop categorically refusing to grow the genetically modified variety More...

Anti-GM food campaigners have made their presence felt at a series of public consultations being held by Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on the Bt brinjal issue More...

There were at least 16,196 farmer suicides in India in 2008, bringing the total since 1997 to 199,132, according to the National Crime Records Bureau More...

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a $9.7 million grant for farmers in India as part of a $120 million programme for agriculture uplift in endemically poor regions of the world More...

Sowing has been significantly affected for the ongoing kharif season, according to agriculture ministry data. Although monsoon rains have now covered all of the country, the meteorological department says that, as of July 1, rainfall has been 29% below normal More...

After consecutive years of poor rainfall and no help from a lethargic government, farmers in Palamu district have written to the President of India requesting permission to put an end to their “miserable” lives More...

After the rural job guarantee programme, Congress President Sonia Gandhi is now focusing on an ambitious National Food Security Act aimed at drawing more people into the food security net More...

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