The Government is upon notifying again cotton seeds into the Essential Commodity Act
This measure is contemplated to keep the prices of Bt-cotton seeds under control. It will complement the regulation procedure so far limited at seeting Minimum Support Price which is claimed to take production cost into account.
Source: The Centre is planning to declare cotton seed as an essential commodity to contain the prices of Bt cotton seeds. By The Economic Times, 04/12/2007
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