The Indian arm of German-origin Bayer Cropscience was ordered to pay Rs 45 lakh to 164 farmers in Maharashtra’s Dhule district after one of its BT cotton hybrids failed. In Madhya Pradesh, the state’s consumer forum, which has the powers of a court, ordered Bayer Bio Science Private Limited to pay Rs 15,500 as compensation for each packet of BT cotton sold to 331 farmers.