University of Calcutta has developed India’s first genetically engineered drought resistant rice variety, a top Indian Council of Agriculture Research official said here Tuesday. ”Genetically engineered drought tolerant rice variety has been developed by Calcutta University. The varsity this month has published a paper on drought resistant rice,” Deputy Director General (Crop Sciences) of ICAR Prof Swapan Kumar Datta told Press Trust of India on the sidelines of a conference here. ”The production capacity of this variety will remain the same as in other crops, but it can survive without water,” he said.