The Bt cotton variety Bollgard-I, which is the most widely used variety in India, has been phased out in many countries.
Monsanto has taken the government to court over the royalty.
Such a drastic intervention overrides existing private bilateral commercial contracts
India is capable of developing GM crops, Randy Hautea, global coordinator for International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, tells Kanika Datta.