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Golden rice is a transgenic variety of rice (Oryza sativa) which contains good quantities of \(\beta\)-carotene (provitamin A or inactive state of vitamin A). Since the grains of the rice are yellow in colour due to \(\beta\)-carotene, it is commonly called golden rice. Golden rice helps to maintain normal eye vision, prevent night blindness and skin disorder