The government is considering a move to end the automatic approval regime for foreign direct investment (FDI) in seed development, animal husbandry, pisciculture and aquaculture in controlled conditions. The step has been triggered by concerns over the quality of genetically modified and hybrid seeds present in the food chain. [...] Hundred per cent FDI in seed development was allowed in the 1980s and has led to several big global seed companies entering the country.