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SC backs Monsanto on GM cotton payments; ruling positive for foreign agri firms planning to invest in India

The decision on appeal overturns an earlier ruling by the Delhi High Court that Monsanto was unable to claim patents on GM cotton seeds.

Monsanto pulls new GM cotton seed from India in protest

The company is also at loggerheads with India over how much it can charge for its genetically modified cotton seeds, costing it tens of millions of dollars in lost revenue every year.

As workers leave the fields, mechanised cotton sowers and pickers are driving in

Agricultural operations in India are headed for greater mechanisation as farmers everywhere complain that labour is not available when required

With Moily in charge, field trials for GM crops could be okayed soon

If he supports GM crops, Moily would be overturning the position of his immediate predecessors - Jayanthi Natarajan and Jairam Ramesh.