After series of cuts, India axes Bayer's GM cotton royalty (Reuters)
India has axed the royalties that local seed companies pay to German drugmaker Bayer AG for Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) cotton, a government order said, after cutting them back since 2016.95% of cotton grown in India is by Monsanto; 75% debt of farmers is on account of input costs; over 3.2 lakh Farmer Suicides due to debt.