Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 73
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Code Context


        trigger_error($message, E_USER_DEPRECATED);

    }
$message = 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 73
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php.'
$stackFrame = (int) 1
$trace = [
	(int) 0 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ServerRequest.php',
		'line' => (int) 2421,
		'function' => 'deprecationWarning',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead.'
		]
	],
	(int) 1 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
		'line' => (int) 73,
		'function' => 'offsetGet',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'catslug'
		]
	],
	(int) 2 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Controller/Controller.php',
		'line' => (int) 610,
		'function' => 'printArticle',
		'class' => 'App\Controller\ArtileDetailController',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 3 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 120,
		'function' => 'invokeAction',
		'class' => 'Cake\Controller\Controller',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 4 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 94,
		'function' => '_invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 5 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/BaseApplication.php',
		'line' => (int) 235,
		'function' => 'dispatch',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 6 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\BaseApplication',
		'object' => object(App\Application) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 7 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 162,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 8 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 9 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 88,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 10 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 11 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 96,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 12 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 13 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 51,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 14 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php',
		'line' => (int) 98,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 15 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php',
		'line' => (int) 39,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	]
]
$frame = [
	'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
	'line' => (int) 73,
	'function' => 'offsetGet',
	'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
	'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {
		trustProxy => false
		[protected] params => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] cookies => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _environment => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] url => 'latest-news-updates/government-plans-to-introduce-bill-to-regulate-bt-cotton-prices-nagesh-prabhu-4674487/print'
		[protected] base => ''
		[protected] webroot => '/'
		[protected] here => '/latest-news-updates/government-plans-to-introduce-bill-to-regulate-bt-cotton-prices-nagesh-prabhu-4674487/print'
		[protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] _input => null
		[protected] _detectors => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _detectorCache => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {}
		[protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {}
		[protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {}
		[protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] emulatedAttributes => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] protocol => null
		[protected] requestTarget => null
		[private] deprecatedProperties => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	},
	'type' => '->',
	'args' => [
		(int) 0 => 'catslug'
	]
]
deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311
Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421
App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 73
Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51
Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98

Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Code Context


        trigger_error($message, E_USER_DEPRECATED);

    }
$message = 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php.'
$stackFrame = (int) 1
$trace = [
	(int) 0 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ServerRequest.php',
		'line' => (int) 2421,
		'function' => 'deprecationWarning',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead.'
		]
	],
	(int) 1 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
		'line' => (int) 74,
		'function' => 'offsetGet',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'artileslug'
		]
	],
	(int) 2 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Controller/Controller.php',
		'line' => (int) 610,
		'function' => 'printArticle',
		'class' => 'App\Controller\ArtileDetailController',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 3 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 120,
		'function' => 'invokeAction',
		'class' => 'Cake\Controller\Controller',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 4 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 94,
		'function' => '_invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 5 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/BaseApplication.php',
		'line' => (int) 235,
		'function' => 'dispatch',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 6 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\BaseApplication',
		'object' => object(App\Application) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 7 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 162,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 8 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 9 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 88,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 10 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 11 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 96,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 12 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 13 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 51,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 14 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php',
		'line' => (int) 98,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 15 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php',
		'line' => (int) 39,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	]
]
$frame = [
	'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
	'line' => (int) 74,
	'function' => 'offsetGet',
	'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
	'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {
		trustProxy => false
		[protected] params => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] cookies => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _environment => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] url => 'latest-news-updates/government-plans-to-introduce-bill-to-regulate-bt-cotton-prices-nagesh-prabhu-4674487/print'
		[protected] base => ''
		[protected] webroot => '/'
		[protected] here => '/latest-news-updates/government-plans-to-introduce-bill-to-regulate-bt-cotton-prices-nagesh-prabhu-4674487/print'
		[protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] _input => null
		[protected] _detectors => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _detectorCache => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {}
		[protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {}
		[protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {}
		[protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] emulatedAttributes => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] protocol => null
		[protected] requestTarget => null
		[private] deprecatedProperties => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	},
	'type' => '->',
	'args' => [
		(int) 0 => 'artileslug'
	]
]
deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311
Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421
App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 74
Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51
Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98

Warning (512): Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853 [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48]
Code Context
            if (Configure::read('debug')) {

                trigger_error($message, E_USER_WARNING);

            } else {
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68053026e8162-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68053026e8162-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr68053026e8162-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68053026e8162-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68053026e8162-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68053026e8162-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68053026e8162-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr68053026e8162-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr68053026e8162-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 26449,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Government plans to introduce Bill to regulate Bt cotton prices -Nagesh Prabhu&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-The Hindu
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Bengaluru (Karnataka): &lt;/em&gt;To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session to be held in Belagavi in December.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
The Bill envisages the constitution of an authority headed by the Director of the Agriculture Department for fixation of prices of Bt cotton seeds each year.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
The seed companies will have to pay compensation to farmers in case of crop failure or supply of spurious seeds.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
The Agriculture Department has drafted the Bill on the lines of the Maharashtra Cotton Seed Act, 2009.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Official sources in the department told The Hindu that the Bill empowers the authority to issue licences to private firms to sell seeds to cotton growers. The Joint Director of the department will monitor the prices in each district. Currently, there is no body to regulate seed prices and companies charge differently. During the last kharif season, the price of Bt cotton seeds in the State was at Rs. 830 per packet of 450 gms for BG I, and Rs. 930 per packet for BG II. Over 20 lakh packets were sold last season. Major seed companies, including Mahyo, Rasi Seeds Ltd., Ganga Kaveri Seeds, are involved in convincing farmers about the benefits of Bt cotton.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Hybrid variety&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Over four lakh farmers in the State had been planting Bt cotton in nearly six lakh hectares of land.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Bt cotton would form more than 75 per cent of the total area under cotton cultivation in the State.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
The sources pointed out that despite controversies and misgivings about Bt cotton, many farmers have been switching over to the hybrid variety on account of high profit and aggressive marketing by private companies.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Bt cotton was introduced in India in 2002.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat are major Bt cotton growing States in the country.
&lt;/p&gt;&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Hindu, 9 November, 2014, http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/government-plans-to-introduce-bill-to-regulate-bt-cotton-prices/article6580835.ece?homepage=true&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;government-plans-to-introduce-bill-to-regulate-bt-cotton-prices-nagesh-prabhu-4674487&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4674487,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 26449,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Government plans to introduce Bill to regulate Bt cotton prices -Nagesh Prabhu&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;bt cotton,farming,Farmers,Agriculture&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;
-The Hindu


It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature


Bengaluru (Karnataka): To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-The Hindu&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bengaluru (Karnataka): &lt;/em&gt;To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session to be held in Belagavi in December.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The Bill envisages the constitution of an authority headed by the Director of the Agriculture Department for fixation of prices of Bt cotton seeds each year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The seed companies will have to pay compensation to farmers in case of crop failure or supply of spurious seeds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The Agriculture Department has drafted the Bill on the lines of the Maharashtra Cotton Seed Act, 2009.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Official sources in the department told The Hindu that the Bill empowers the authority to issue licences to private firms to sell seeds to cotton growers. The Joint Director of the department will monitor the prices in each district. Currently, there is no body to regulate seed prices and companies charge differently. During the last kharif season, the price of Bt cotton seeds in the State was at Rs. 830 per packet of 450 gms for BG I, and Rs. 930 per packet for BG II. Over 20 lakh packets were sold last season. Major seed companies, including Mahyo, Rasi Seeds Ltd., Ganga Kaveri Seeds, are involved in convincing farmers about the benefits of Bt cotton.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hybrid variety&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Over four lakh farmers in the State had been planting Bt cotton in nearly six lakh hectares of land.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Bt cotton would form more than 75 per cent of the total area under cotton cultivation in the State.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The sources pointed out that despite controversies and misgivings about Bt cotton, many farmers have been switching over to the hybrid variety on account of high profit and aggressive marketing by private companies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Bt cotton was introduced in India in 2002.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat are major Bt cotton growing States in the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 26449,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Government plans to introduce Bill to regulate Bt cotton prices -Nagesh Prabhu&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-The Hindu
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Bengaluru (Karnataka): &lt;/em&gt;To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session to be held in Belagavi in December.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
The Bill envisages the constitution of an authority headed by the Director of the Agriculture Department for fixation of prices of Bt cotton seeds each year.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
The seed companies will have to pay compensation to farmers in case of crop failure or supply of spurious seeds.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
The Agriculture Department has drafted the Bill on the lines of the Maharashtra Cotton Seed Act, 2009.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Official sources in the department told The Hindu that the Bill empowers the authority to issue licences to private firms to sell seeds to cotton growers. The Joint Director of the department will monitor the prices in each district. Currently, there is no body to regulate seed prices and companies charge differently. During the last kharif season, the price of Bt cotton seeds in the State was at Rs. 830 per packet of 450 gms for BG I, and Rs. 930 per packet for BG II. Over 20 lakh packets were sold last season. Major seed companies, including Mahyo, Rasi Seeds Ltd., Ganga Kaveri Seeds, are involved in convincing farmers about the benefits of Bt cotton.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Hybrid variety&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Over four lakh farmers in the State had been planting Bt cotton in nearly six lakh hectares of land.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Bt cotton would form more than 75 per cent of the total area under cotton cultivation in the State.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
The sources pointed out that despite controversies and misgivings about Bt cotton, many farmers have been switching over to the hybrid variety on account of high profit and aggressive marketing by private companies.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Bt cotton was introduced in India in 2002.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat are major Bt cotton growing States in the country.
&lt;/p&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Hindu, 9 November, 2014, http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/government-plans-to-introduce-bill-to-regulate-bt-cotton-prices/article6580835.ece?homepage=true&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;government-plans-to-introduce-bill-to-regulate-bt-cotton-prices-nagesh-prabhu-4674487&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4674487,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 2 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 3 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 26449
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Government plans to introduce Bill to regulate Bt cotton prices -Nagesh Prabhu&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;bt cotton,farming,Farmers,Agriculture&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;
-The Hindu


It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature


Bengaluru (Karnataka): To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-The Hindu&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bengaluru (Karnataka): &lt;/em&gt;To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session to be held in Belagavi in December.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The Bill envisages the constitution of an authority headed by the Director of the Agriculture Department for fixation of prices of Bt cotton seeds each year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The seed companies will have to pay compensation to farmers in case of crop failure or supply of spurious seeds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The Agriculture Department has drafted the Bill on the lines of the Maharashtra Cotton Seed Act, 2009.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Official sources in the department told The Hindu that the Bill empowers the authority to issue licences to private firms to sell seeds to cotton growers. The Joint Director of the department will monitor the prices in each district. Currently, there is no body to regulate seed prices and companies charge differently. During the last kharif season, the price of Bt cotton seeds in the State was at Rs. 830 per packet of 450 gms for BG I, and Rs. 930 per packet for BG II. Over 20 lakh packets were sold last season. Major seed companies, including Mahyo, Rasi Seeds Ltd., Ganga Kaveri Seeds, are involved in convincing farmers about the benefits of Bt cotton.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hybrid variety&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Over four lakh farmers in the State had been planting Bt cotton in nearly six lakh hectares of land.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Bt cotton would form more than 75 per cent of the total area under cotton cultivation in the State.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The sources pointed out that despite controversies and misgivings about Bt cotton, many farmers have been switching over to the hybrid variety on account of high profit and aggressive marketing by private companies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Bt cotton was introduced in India in 2002.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat are major Bt cotton growing States in the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/government-plans-to-introduce-bill-to-regulate-bt-cotton-prices-nagesh-prabhu-4674487.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Government plans to introduce Bill to regulate Bt cotton prices -Nagesh Prabhu | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="
-The Hindu


It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature


Bengaluru (Karnataka): To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>Government plans to introduce Bill to regulate Bt cotton prices -Nagesh Prabhu</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <div align="justify">-The Hindu</div><p align="justify"><em>It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature</em></p><p align="justify"><em>Bengaluru (Karnataka): </em>To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session to be held in Belagavi in December.</p><p align="justify">The Bill envisages the constitution of an authority headed by the Director of the Agriculture Department for fixation of prices of Bt cotton seeds each year.</p><p align="justify">The seed companies will have to pay compensation to farmers in case of crop failure or supply of spurious seeds.</p><p align="justify">The Agriculture Department has drafted the Bill on the lines of the Maharashtra Cotton Seed Act, 2009.</p><p align="justify">Official sources in the department told The Hindu that the Bill empowers the authority to issue licences to private firms to sell seeds to cotton growers. The Joint Director of the department will monitor the prices in each district. Currently, there is no body to regulate seed prices and companies charge differently. During the last kharif season, the price of Bt cotton seeds in the State was at Rs. 830 per packet of 450 gms for BG I, and Rs. 930 per packet for BG II. Over 20 lakh packets were sold last season. Major seed companies, including Mahyo, Rasi Seeds Ltd., Ganga Kaveri Seeds, are involved in convincing farmers about the benefits of Bt cotton.</p><p align="justify"><em>Hybrid variety</em></p><p align="justify">Over four lakh farmers in the State had been planting Bt cotton in nearly six lakh hectares of land.</p><p align="justify">Bt cotton would form more than 75 per cent of the total area under cotton cultivation in the State.</p><p align="justify">The sources pointed out that despite controversies and misgivings about Bt cotton, many farmers have been switching over to the hybrid variety on account of high profit and aggressive marketing by private companies.</p><p align="justify">Bt cotton was introduced in India in 2002.</p><p align="justify">Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat are major Bt cotton growing States in the country.</p>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$maxBufferLength = (int) 8192
$file = '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php'
$line = (int) 853
$message = 'Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853'
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148]
Code Context
            $response->getStatusCode(),

            ($reasonPhrase ? ' ' . $reasonPhrase : '')

        ));
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68053026e8162-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68053026e8162-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr68053026e8162-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68053026e8162-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68053026e8162-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68053026e8162-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68053026e8162-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr68053026e8162-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr68053026e8162-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 26449,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Government plans to introduce Bill to regulate Bt cotton prices -Nagesh Prabhu&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-The Hindu
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Bengaluru (Karnataka): &lt;/em&gt;To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session to be held in Belagavi in December.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
The Bill envisages the constitution of an authority headed by the Director of the Agriculture Department for fixation of prices of Bt cotton seeds each year.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
The seed companies will have to pay compensation to farmers in case of crop failure or supply of spurious seeds.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
The Agriculture Department has drafted the Bill on the lines of the Maharashtra Cotton Seed Act, 2009.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Official sources in the department told The Hindu that the Bill empowers the authority to issue licences to private firms to sell seeds to cotton growers. The Joint Director of the department will monitor the prices in each district. Currently, there is no body to regulate seed prices and companies charge differently. During the last kharif season, the price of Bt cotton seeds in the State was at Rs. 830 per packet of 450 gms for BG I, and Rs. 930 per packet for BG II. Over 20 lakh packets were sold last season. Major seed companies, including Mahyo, Rasi Seeds Ltd., Ganga Kaveri Seeds, are involved in convincing farmers about the benefits of Bt cotton.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Hybrid variety&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Over four lakh farmers in the State had been planting Bt cotton in nearly six lakh hectares of land.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Bt cotton would form more than 75 per cent of the total area under cotton cultivation in the State.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
The sources pointed out that despite controversies and misgivings about Bt cotton, many farmers have been switching over to the hybrid variety on account of high profit and aggressive marketing by private companies.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Bt cotton was introduced in India in 2002.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat are major Bt cotton growing States in the country.
&lt;/p&gt;&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Hindu, 9 November, 2014, http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/government-plans-to-introduce-bill-to-regulate-bt-cotton-prices/article6580835.ece?homepage=true&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;government-plans-to-introduce-bill-to-regulate-bt-cotton-prices-nagesh-prabhu-4674487&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4674487,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 26449,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Government plans to introduce Bill to regulate Bt cotton prices -Nagesh Prabhu&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;bt cotton,farming,Farmers,Agriculture&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;
-The Hindu


It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature


Bengaluru (Karnataka): To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-The Hindu&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bengaluru (Karnataka): &lt;/em&gt;To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session to be held in Belagavi in December.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The Bill envisages the constitution of an authority headed by the Director of the Agriculture Department for fixation of prices of Bt cotton seeds each year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The seed companies will have to pay compensation to farmers in case of crop failure or supply of spurious seeds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The Agriculture Department has drafted the Bill on the lines of the Maharashtra Cotton Seed Act, 2009.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Official sources in the department told The Hindu that the Bill empowers the authority to issue licences to private firms to sell seeds to cotton growers. The Joint Director of the department will monitor the prices in each district. Currently, there is no body to regulate seed prices and companies charge differently. During the last kharif season, the price of Bt cotton seeds in the State was at Rs. 830 per packet of 450 gms for BG I, and Rs. 930 per packet for BG II. Over 20 lakh packets were sold last season. Major seed companies, including Mahyo, Rasi Seeds Ltd., Ganga Kaveri Seeds, are involved in convincing farmers about the benefits of Bt cotton.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hybrid variety&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Over four lakh farmers in the State had been planting Bt cotton in nearly six lakh hectares of land.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Bt cotton would form more than 75 per cent of the total area under cotton cultivation in the State.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The sources pointed out that despite controversies and misgivings about Bt cotton, many farmers have been switching over to the hybrid variety on account of high profit and aggressive marketing by private companies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Bt cotton was introduced in India in 2002.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat are major Bt cotton growing States in the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 26449,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Government plans to introduce Bill to regulate Bt cotton prices -Nagesh Prabhu&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-The Hindu
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Bengaluru (Karnataka): &lt;/em&gt;To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session to be held in Belagavi in December.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
The Bill envisages the constitution of an authority headed by the Director of the Agriculture Department for fixation of prices of Bt cotton seeds each year.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
The seed companies will have to pay compensation to farmers in case of crop failure or supply of spurious seeds.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
The Agriculture Department has drafted the Bill on the lines of the Maharashtra Cotton Seed Act, 2009.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Official sources in the department told The Hindu that the Bill empowers the authority to issue licences to private firms to sell seeds to cotton growers. The Joint Director of the department will monitor the prices in each district. Currently, there is no body to regulate seed prices and companies charge differently. During the last kharif season, the price of Bt cotton seeds in the State was at Rs. 830 per packet of 450 gms for BG I, and Rs. 930 per packet for BG II. Over 20 lakh packets were sold last season. Major seed companies, including Mahyo, Rasi Seeds Ltd., Ganga Kaveri Seeds, are involved in convincing farmers about the benefits of Bt cotton.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Hybrid variety&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Over four lakh farmers in the State had been planting Bt cotton in nearly six lakh hectares of land.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Bt cotton would form more than 75 per cent of the total area under cotton cultivation in the State.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
The sources pointed out that despite controversies and misgivings about Bt cotton, many farmers have been switching over to the hybrid variety on account of high profit and aggressive marketing by private companies.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Bt cotton was introduced in India in 2002.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat are major Bt cotton growing States in the country.
&lt;/p&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Hindu, 9 November, 2014, http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/government-plans-to-introduce-bill-to-regulate-bt-cotton-prices/article6580835.ece?homepage=true&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;government-plans-to-introduce-bill-to-regulate-bt-cotton-prices-nagesh-prabhu-4674487&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4674487,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 2 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 3 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 26449
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Government plans to introduce Bill to regulate Bt cotton prices -Nagesh Prabhu&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;bt cotton,farming,Farmers,Agriculture&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;
-The Hindu


It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature


Bengaluru (Karnataka): To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-The Hindu&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bengaluru (Karnataka): &lt;/em&gt;To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session to be held in Belagavi in December.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The Bill envisages the constitution of an authority headed by the Director of the Agriculture Department for fixation of prices of Bt cotton seeds each year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The seed companies will have to pay compensation to farmers in case of crop failure or supply of spurious seeds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The Agriculture Department has drafted the Bill on the lines of the Maharashtra Cotton Seed Act, 2009.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Official sources in the department told The Hindu that the Bill empowers the authority to issue licences to private firms to sell seeds to cotton growers. The Joint Director of the department will monitor the prices in each district. Currently, there is no body to regulate seed prices and companies charge differently. During the last kharif season, the price of Bt cotton seeds in the State was at Rs. 830 per packet of 450 gms for BG I, and Rs. 930 per packet for BG II. Over 20 lakh packets were sold last season. Major seed companies, including Mahyo, Rasi Seeds Ltd., Ganga Kaveri Seeds, are involved in convincing farmers about the benefits of Bt cotton.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hybrid variety&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Over four lakh farmers in the State had been planting Bt cotton in nearly six lakh hectares of land.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Bt cotton would form more than 75 per cent of the total area under cotton cultivation in the State.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The sources pointed out that despite controversies and misgivings about Bt cotton, many farmers have been switching over to the hybrid variety on account of high profit and aggressive marketing by private companies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Bt cotton was introduced in India in 2002.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat are major Bt cotton growing States in the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/government-plans-to-introduce-bill-to-regulate-bt-cotton-prices-nagesh-prabhu-4674487.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Government plans to introduce Bill to regulate Bt cotton prices -Nagesh Prabhu | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="
-The Hindu


It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature


Bengaluru (Karnataka): To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>Government plans to introduce Bill to regulate Bt cotton prices -Nagesh Prabhu</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <div align="justify">-The Hindu</div><p align="justify"><em>It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature</em></p><p align="justify"><em>Bengaluru (Karnataka): </em>To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session to be held in Belagavi in December.</p><p align="justify">The Bill envisages the constitution of an authority headed by the Director of the Agriculture Department for fixation of prices of Bt cotton seeds each year.</p><p align="justify">The seed companies will have to pay compensation to farmers in case of crop failure or supply of spurious seeds.</p><p align="justify">The Agriculture Department has drafted the Bill on the lines of the Maharashtra Cotton Seed Act, 2009.</p><p align="justify">Official sources in the department told The Hindu that the Bill empowers the authority to issue licences to private firms to sell seeds to cotton growers. The Joint Director of the department will monitor the prices in each district. Currently, there is no body to regulate seed prices and companies charge differently. During the last kharif season, the price of Bt cotton seeds in the State was at Rs. 830 per packet of 450 gms for BG I, and Rs. 930 per packet for BG II. Over 20 lakh packets were sold last season. Major seed companies, including Mahyo, Rasi Seeds Ltd., Ganga Kaveri Seeds, are involved in convincing farmers about the benefits of Bt cotton.</p><p align="justify"><em>Hybrid variety</em></p><p align="justify">Over four lakh farmers in the State had been planting Bt cotton in nearly six lakh hectares of land.</p><p align="justify">Bt cotton would form more than 75 per cent of the total area under cotton cultivation in the State.</p><p align="justify">The sources pointed out that despite controversies and misgivings about Bt cotton, many farmers have been switching over to the hybrid variety on account of high profit and aggressive marketing by private companies.</p><p align="justify">Bt cotton was introduced in India in 2002.</p><p align="justify">Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat are major Bt cotton growing States in the country.</p>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$reasonPhrase = 'OK'
header - [internal], line ??
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emitStatusLine() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 54
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181]
Code Context
                    $value

                ), $first);

                $first = false;
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68053026e8162-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68053026e8162-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr68053026e8162-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68053026e8162-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68053026e8162-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68053026e8162-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68053026e8162-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr68053026e8162-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr68053026e8162-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 26449,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Government plans to introduce Bill to regulate Bt cotton prices -Nagesh Prabhu&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-The Hindu
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Bengaluru (Karnataka): &lt;/em&gt;To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session to be held in Belagavi in December.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
The Bill envisages the constitution of an authority headed by the Director of the Agriculture Department for fixation of prices of Bt cotton seeds each year.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
The seed companies will have to pay compensation to farmers in case of crop failure or supply of spurious seeds.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
The Agriculture Department has drafted the Bill on the lines of the Maharashtra Cotton Seed Act, 2009.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Official sources in the department told The Hindu that the Bill empowers the authority to issue licences to private firms to sell seeds to cotton growers. The Joint Director of the department will monitor the prices in each district. Currently, there is no body to regulate seed prices and companies charge differently. During the last kharif season, the price of Bt cotton seeds in the State was at Rs. 830 per packet of 450 gms for BG I, and Rs. 930 per packet for BG II. Over 20 lakh packets were sold last season. Major seed companies, including Mahyo, Rasi Seeds Ltd., Ganga Kaveri Seeds, are involved in convincing farmers about the benefits of Bt cotton.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Hybrid variety&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Over four lakh farmers in the State had been planting Bt cotton in nearly six lakh hectares of land.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Bt cotton would form more than 75 per cent of the total area under cotton cultivation in the State.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
The sources pointed out that despite controversies and misgivings about Bt cotton, many farmers have been switching over to the hybrid variety on account of high profit and aggressive marketing by private companies.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Bt cotton was introduced in India in 2002.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat are major Bt cotton growing States in the country.
&lt;/p&gt;&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Hindu, 9 November, 2014, http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/government-plans-to-introduce-bill-to-regulate-bt-cotton-prices/article6580835.ece?homepage=true&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;government-plans-to-introduce-bill-to-regulate-bt-cotton-prices-nagesh-prabhu-4674487&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4674487,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 26449,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Government plans to introduce Bill to regulate Bt cotton prices -Nagesh Prabhu&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;bt cotton,farming,Farmers,Agriculture&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;
-The Hindu


It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature


Bengaluru (Karnataka): To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-The Hindu&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bengaluru (Karnataka): &lt;/em&gt;To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session to be held in Belagavi in December.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The Bill envisages the constitution of an authority headed by the Director of the Agriculture Department for fixation of prices of Bt cotton seeds each year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The seed companies will have to pay compensation to farmers in case of crop failure or supply of spurious seeds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The Agriculture Department has drafted the Bill on the lines of the Maharashtra Cotton Seed Act, 2009.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Official sources in the department told The Hindu that the Bill empowers the authority to issue licences to private firms to sell seeds to cotton growers. The Joint Director of the department will monitor the prices in each district. Currently, there is no body to regulate seed prices and companies charge differently. During the last kharif season, the price of Bt cotton seeds in the State was at Rs. 830 per packet of 450 gms for BG I, and Rs. 930 per packet for BG II. Over 20 lakh packets were sold last season. Major seed companies, including Mahyo, Rasi Seeds Ltd., Ganga Kaveri Seeds, are involved in convincing farmers about the benefits of Bt cotton.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hybrid variety&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Over four lakh farmers in the State had been planting Bt cotton in nearly six lakh hectares of land.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Bt cotton would form more than 75 per cent of the total area under cotton cultivation in the State.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The sources pointed out that despite controversies and misgivings about Bt cotton, many farmers have been switching over to the hybrid variety on account of high profit and aggressive marketing by private companies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Bt cotton was introduced in India in 2002.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat are major Bt cotton growing States in the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 26449,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Government plans to introduce Bill to regulate Bt cotton prices -Nagesh Prabhu&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-The Hindu
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Bengaluru (Karnataka): &lt;/em&gt;To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session to be held in Belagavi in December.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
The Bill envisages the constitution of an authority headed by the Director of the Agriculture Department for fixation of prices of Bt cotton seeds each year.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
The seed companies will have to pay compensation to farmers in case of crop failure or supply of spurious seeds.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
The Agriculture Department has drafted the Bill on the lines of the Maharashtra Cotton Seed Act, 2009.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Official sources in the department told The Hindu that the Bill empowers the authority to issue licences to private firms to sell seeds to cotton growers. The Joint Director of the department will monitor the prices in each district. Currently, there is no body to regulate seed prices and companies charge differently. During the last kharif season, the price of Bt cotton seeds in the State was at Rs. 830 per packet of 450 gms for BG I, and Rs. 930 per packet for BG II. Over 20 lakh packets were sold last season. Major seed companies, including Mahyo, Rasi Seeds Ltd., Ganga Kaveri Seeds, are involved in convincing farmers about the benefits of Bt cotton.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Hybrid variety&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Over four lakh farmers in the State had been planting Bt cotton in nearly six lakh hectares of land.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Bt cotton would form more than 75 per cent of the total area under cotton cultivation in the State.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
The sources pointed out that despite controversies and misgivings about Bt cotton, many farmers have been switching over to the hybrid variety on account of high profit and aggressive marketing by private companies.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Bt cotton was introduced in India in 2002.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat are major Bt cotton growing States in the country.
&lt;/p&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Hindu, 9 November, 2014, http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/government-plans-to-introduce-bill-to-regulate-bt-cotton-prices/article6580835.ece?homepage=true&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;government-plans-to-introduce-bill-to-regulate-bt-cotton-prices-nagesh-prabhu-4674487&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4674487,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 2 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 3 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 26449
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Government plans to introduce Bill to regulate Bt cotton prices -Nagesh Prabhu&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;bt cotton,farming,Farmers,Agriculture&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;
-The Hindu


It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature


Bengaluru (Karnataka): To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-The Hindu&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bengaluru (Karnataka): &lt;/em&gt;To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session to be held in Belagavi in December.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The Bill envisages the constitution of an authority headed by the Director of the Agriculture Department for fixation of prices of Bt cotton seeds each year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The seed companies will have to pay compensation to farmers in case of crop failure or supply of spurious seeds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The Agriculture Department has drafted the Bill on the lines of the Maharashtra Cotton Seed Act, 2009.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Official sources in the department told The Hindu that the Bill empowers the authority to issue licences to private firms to sell seeds to cotton growers. The Joint Director of the department will monitor the prices in each district. Currently, there is no body to regulate seed prices and companies charge differently. During the last kharif season, the price of Bt cotton seeds in the State was at Rs. 830 per packet of 450 gms for BG I, and Rs. 930 per packet for BG II. Over 20 lakh packets were sold last season. Major seed companies, including Mahyo, Rasi Seeds Ltd., Ganga Kaveri Seeds, are involved in convincing farmers about the benefits of Bt cotton.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hybrid variety&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Over four lakh farmers in the State had been planting Bt cotton in nearly six lakh hectares of land.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Bt cotton would form more than 75 per cent of the total area under cotton cultivation in the State.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The sources pointed out that despite controversies and misgivings about Bt cotton, many farmers have been switching over to the hybrid variety on account of high profit and aggressive marketing by private companies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Bt cotton was introduced in India in 2002.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat are major Bt cotton growing States in the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/government-plans-to-introduce-bill-to-regulate-bt-cotton-prices-nagesh-prabhu-4674487.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Government plans to introduce Bill to regulate Bt cotton prices -Nagesh Prabhu | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="
-The Hindu


It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature


Bengaluru (Karnataka): To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>Government plans to introduce Bill to regulate Bt cotton prices -Nagesh Prabhu</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <div align="justify">-The Hindu</div><p align="justify"><em>It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature</em></p><p align="justify"><em>Bengaluru (Karnataka): </em>To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session to be held in Belagavi in December.</p><p align="justify">The Bill envisages the constitution of an authority headed by the Director of the Agriculture Department for fixation of prices of Bt cotton seeds each year.</p><p align="justify">The seed companies will have to pay compensation to farmers in case of crop failure or supply of spurious seeds.</p><p align="justify">The Agriculture Department has drafted the Bill on the lines of the Maharashtra Cotton Seed Act, 2009.</p><p align="justify">Official sources in the department told The Hindu that the Bill empowers the authority to issue licences to private firms to sell seeds to cotton growers. The Joint Director of the department will monitor the prices in each district. Currently, there is no body to regulate seed prices and companies charge differently. During the last kharif season, the price of Bt cotton seeds in the State was at Rs. 830 per packet of 450 gms for BG I, and Rs. 930 per packet for BG II. Over 20 lakh packets were sold last season. Major seed companies, including Mahyo, Rasi Seeds Ltd., Ganga Kaveri Seeds, are involved in convincing farmers about the benefits of Bt cotton.</p><p align="justify"><em>Hybrid variety</em></p><p align="justify">Over four lakh farmers in the State had been planting Bt cotton in nearly six lakh hectares of land.</p><p align="justify">Bt cotton would form more than 75 per cent of the total area under cotton cultivation in the State.</p><p align="justify">The sources pointed out that despite controversies and misgivings about Bt cotton, many farmers have been switching over to the hybrid variety on account of high profit and aggressive marketing by private companies.</p><p align="justify">Bt cotton was introduced in India in 2002.</p><p align="justify">Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat are major Bt cotton growing States in the country.</p>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$cookies = []
$values = [
	(int) 0 => 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'
]
$name = 'Content-Type'
$first = true
$value = 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'
header - [internal], line ??
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emitHeaders() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 55
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

<head>

    <link rel="canonical" href="<?php echo Configure::read('SITE_URL'); ?><?php echo $urlPrefix;?><?php echo $article_current->category->slug; ?>/<?php echo $article_current->seo_url; ?>.html"/>

    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>

$viewFile = '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp'
$dataForView = [
	'article_current' => object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		'id' => (int) 26449,
		'title' => 'Government plans to introduce Bill to regulate Bt cotton prices -Nagesh Prabhu',
		'subheading' => '',
		'description' => '<div align="justify">
-The Hindu
</div>
<p align="justify">
<em>It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature</em>
</p>
<p align="justify">
<em>Bengaluru (Karnataka): </em>To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session to be held in Belagavi in December.
</p>
<p align="justify">
The Bill envisages the constitution of an authority headed by the Director of the Agriculture Department for fixation of prices of Bt cotton seeds each year.
</p>
<p align="justify">
The seed companies will have to pay compensation to farmers in case of crop failure or supply of spurious seeds.
</p>
<p align="justify">
The Agriculture Department has drafted the Bill on the lines of the Maharashtra Cotton Seed Act, 2009.
</p>
<p align="justify">
Official sources in the department told The Hindu that the Bill empowers the authority to issue licences to private firms to sell seeds to cotton growers. The Joint Director of the department will monitor the prices in each district. Currently, there is no body to regulate seed prices and companies charge differently. During the last kharif season, the price of Bt cotton seeds in the State was at Rs. 830 per packet of 450 gms for BG I, and Rs. 930 per packet for BG II. Over 20 lakh packets were sold last season. Major seed companies, including Mahyo, Rasi Seeds Ltd., Ganga Kaveri Seeds, are involved in convincing farmers about the benefits of Bt cotton.
</p>
<p align="justify">
<em>Hybrid variety</em>
</p>
<p align="justify">
Over four lakh farmers in the State had been planting Bt cotton in nearly six lakh hectares of land.
</p>
<p align="justify">
Bt cotton would form more than 75 per cent of the total area under cotton cultivation in the State.
</p>
<p align="justify">
The sources pointed out that despite controversies and misgivings about Bt cotton, many farmers have been switching over to the hybrid variety on account of high profit and aggressive marketing by private companies.
</p>
<p align="justify">
Bt cotton was introduced in India in 2002.
</p>
<p align="justify">
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat are major Bt cotton growing States in the country.
</p>',
		'credit_writer' => 'The Hindu, 9 November, 2014, http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/government-plans-to-introduce-bill-to-regulate-bt-cotton-prices/article6580835.ece?homepage=true',
		'article_img' => '',
		'article_img_thumb' => '',
		'status' => (int) 1,
		'show_on_home' => (int) 1,
		'lang' => 'EN',
		'category_id' => (int) 16,
		'tag_keyword' => '',
		'seo_url' => 'government-plans-to-introduce-bill-to-regulate-bt-cotton-prices-nagesh-prabhu-4674487',
		'meta_title' => null,
		'meta_keywords' => null,
		'meta_description' => null,
		'noindex' => (int) 0,
		'publish_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		'most_visit_section_id' => null,
		'article_big_img' => null,
		'liveid' => (int) 4674487,
		'created' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		'modified' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		'edate' => '',
		'tags' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		'category' => object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		'[new]' => false,
		'[accessible]' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		'[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[hasErrors]' => false,
		'[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[repository]' => 'Articles'
	
	},
	'articleid' => (int) 26449,
	'metaTitle' => 'LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Government plans to introduce Bill to regulate Bt cotton prices -Nagesh Prabhu',
	'metaKeywords' => 'bt cotton,farming,Farmers,Agriculture',
	'metaDesc' => '
-The Hindu


It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature


Bengaluru (Karnataka): To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session...',
	'disp' => '<div align="justify">-The Hindu</div><p align="justify"><em>It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature</em></p><p align="justify"><em>Bengaluru (Karnataka): </em>To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session to be held in Belagavi in December.</p><p align="justify">The Bill envisages the constitution of an authority headed by the Director of the Agriculture Department for fixation of prices of Bt cotton seeds each year.</p><p align="justify">The seed companies will have to pay compensation to farmers in case of crop failure or supply of spurious seeds.</p><p align="justify">The Agriculture Department has drafted the Bill on the lines of the Maharashtra Cotton Seed Act, 2009.</p><p align="justify">Official sources in the department told The Hindu that the Bill empowers the authority to issue licences to private firms to sell seeds to cotton growers. The Joint Director of the department will monitor the prices in each district. Currently, there is no body to regulate seed prices and companies charge differently. During the last kharif season, the price of Bt cotton seeds in the State was at Rs. 830 per packet of 450 gms for BG I, and Rs. 930 per packet for BG II. Over 20 lakh packets were sold last season. Major seed companies, including Mahyo, Rasi Seeds Ltd., Ganga Kaveri Seeds, are involved in convincing farmers about the benefits of Bt cotton.</p><p align="justify"><em>Hybrid variety</em></p><p align="justify">Over four lakh farmers in the State had been planting Bt cotton in nearly six lakh hectares of land.</p><p align="justify">Bt cotton would form more than 75 per cent of the total area under cotton cultivation in the State.</p><p align="justify">The sources pointed out that despite controversies and misgivings about Bt cotton, many farmers have been switching over to the hybrid variety on account of high profit and aggressive marketing by private companies.</p><p align="justify">Bt cotton was introduced in India in 2002.</p><p align="justify">Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat are major Bt cotton growing States in the country.</p>',
	'lang' => 'English',
	'SITE_URL' => 'https://im4change.in/',
	'site_title' => 'im4change',
	'adminprix' => 'admin'
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	'id' => (int) 26449,
	'title' => 'Government plans to introduce Bill to regulate Bt cotton prices -Nagesh Prabhu',
	'subheading' => '',
	'description' => '<div align="justify">
-The Hindu
</div>
<p align="justify">
<em>It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature</em>
</p>
<p align="justify">
<em>Bengaluru (Karnataka): </em>To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session to be held in Belagavi in December.
</p>
<p align="justify">
The Bill envisages the constitution of an authority headed by the Director of the Agriculture Department for fixation of prices of Bt cotton seeds each year.
</p>
<p align="justify">
The seed companies will have to pay compensation to farmers in case of crop failure or supply of spurious seeds.
</p>
<p align="justify">
The Agriculture Department has drafted the Bill on the lines of the Maharashtra Cotton Seed Act, 2009.
</p>
<p align="justify">
Official sources in the department told The Hindu that the Bill empowers the authority to issue licences to private firms to sell seeds to cotton growers. The Joint Director of the department will monitor the prices in each district. Currently, there is no body to regulate seed prices and companies charge differently. During the last kharif season, the price of Bt cotton seeds in the State was at Rs. 830 per packet of 450 gms for BG I, and Rs. 930 per packet for BG II. Over 20 lakh packets were sold last season. Major seed companies, including Mahyo, Rasi Seeds Ltd., Ganga Kaveri Seeds, are involved in convincing farmers about the benefits of Bt cotton.
</p>
<p align="justify">
<em>Hybrid variety</em>
</p>
<p align="justify">
Over four lakh farmers in the State had been planting Bt cotton in nearly six lakh hectares of land.
</p>
<p align="justify">
Bt cotton would form more than 75 per cent of the total area under cotton cultivation in the State.
</p>
<p align="justify">
The sources pointed out that despite controversies and misgivings about Bt cotton, many farmers have been switching over to the hybrid variety on account of high profit and aggressive marketing by private companies.
</p>
<p align="justify">
Bt cotton was introduced in India in 2002.
</p>
<p align="justify">
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat are major Bt cotton growing States in the country.
</p>',
	'credit_writer' => 'The Hindu, 9 November, 2014, http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/government-plans-to-introduce-bill-to-regulate-bt-cotton-prices/article6580835.ece?homepage=true',
	'article_img' => '',
	'article_img_thumb' => '',
	'status' => (int) 1,
	'show_on_home' => (int) 1,
	'lang' => 'EN',
	'category_id' => (int) 16,
	'tag_keyword' => '',
	'seo_url' => 'government-plans-to-introduce-bill-to-regulate-bt-cotton-prices-nagesh-prabhu-4674487',
	'meta_title' => null,
	'meta_keywords' => null,
	'meta_description' => null,
	'noindex' => (int) 0,
	'publish_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	'most_visit_section_id' => null,
	'article_big_img' => null,
	'liveid' => (int) 4674487,
	'created' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	'modified' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	'edate' => '',
	'tags' => [
		(int) 0 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 2 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 3 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	'category' => object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	'[new]' => false,
	'[accessible]' => [
		'*' => true,
		'id' => false
	],
	'[dirty]' => [],
	'[original]' => [],
	'[virtual]' => [],
	'[hasErrors]' => false,
	'[errors]' => [],
	'[invalid]' => [],
	'[repository]' => 'Articles'

}
$articleid = (int) 26449
$metaTitle = 'LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Government plans to introduce Bill to regulate Bt cotton prices -Nagesh Prabhu'
$metaKeywords = 'bt cotton,farming,Farmers,Agriculture'
$metaDesc = '
-The Hindu


It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature


Bengaluru (Karnataka): To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session...'
$disp = '<div align="justify">-The Hindu</div><p align="justify"><em>It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature</em></p><p align="justify"><em>Bengaluru (Karnataka): </em>To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session to be held in Belagavi in December.</p><p align="justify">The Bill envisages the constitution of an authority headed by the Director of the Agriculture Department for fixation of prices of Bt cotton seeds each year.</p><p align="justify">The seed companies will have to pay compensation to farmers in case of crop failure or supply of spurious seeds.</p><p align="justify">The Agriculture Department has drafted the Bill on the lines of the Maharashtra Cotton Seed Act, 2009.</p><p align="justify">Official sources in the department told The Hindu that the Bill empowers the authority to issue licences to private firms to sell seeds to cotton growers. The Joint Director of the department will monitor the prices in each district. Currently, there is no body to regulate seed prices and companies charge differently. During the last kharif season, the price of Bt cotton seeds in the State was at Rs. 830 per packet of 450 gms for BG I, and Rs. 930 per packet for BG II. Over 20 lakh packets were sold last season. Major seed companies, including Mahyo, Rasi Seeds Ltd., Ganga Kaveri Seeds, are involved in convincing farmers about the benefits of Bt cotton.</p><p align="justify"><em>Hybrid variety</em></p><p align="justify">Over four lakh farmers in the State had been planting Bt cotton in nearly six lakh hectares of land.</p><p align="justify">Bt cotton would form more than 75 per cent of the total area under cotton cultivation in the State.</p><p align="justify">The sources pointed out that despite controversies and misgivings about Bt cotton, many farmers have been switching over to the hybrid variety on account of high profit and aggressive marketing by private companies.</p><p align="justify">Bt cotton was introduced in India in 2002.</p><p align="justify">Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat are major Bt cotton growing States in the country.</p>'
$lang = 'English'
$SITE_URL = 'https://im4change.in/'
$site_title = 'im4change'
$adminprix = 'admin'

include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51

Government plans to introduce Bill to regulate Bt cotton prices -Nagesh Prabhu

-The Hindu It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature Bengaluru (Karnataka): To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session to be held in Belagavi in December. The Bill envisages the constitution of an authority headed by the Director of the Agriculture Department for fixation of prices of Bt cotton seeds each year. The seed companies will have to pay compensation to farmers in case of crop failure or supply of spurious seeds. The Agriculture Department has drafted the Bill on the lines of the Maharashtra Cotton Seed Act, 2009. Official sources in the department told The Hindu that the Bill empowers the authority to issue licences to private firms to sell seeds to cotton growers. The Joint Director of the department will monitor the prices in each district. Currently, there is no body to regulate seed prices and companies charge differently. During the last kharif season, the price of Bt cotton seeds in the State was at Rs. 830 per packet of 450 gms for BG I, and Rs. 930 per packet for BG II. Over 20 lakh packets were sold last season. Major seed companies, including Mahyo, Rasi Seeds Ltd., Ganga Kaveri Seeds, are involved in convincing farmers about the benefits of Bt cotton. Hybrid variety Over four lakh farmers in the State had been planting Bt cotton in nearly six lakh hectares of land. Bt cotton would form more than 75 per cent of the total area under cotton cultivation in the State. The sources pointed out that despite controversies and misgivings about Bt cotton, many farmers have been switching over to the hybrid variety on account of high profit and aggressive marketing by private companies. Bt cotton was introduced in India in 2002. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat are major Bt cotton growing States in the country.