The environment ministry’s moratorium on the commercial release of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) brinjal in India is unlikely to keep the genetically modified crop out of Indian kitchens. It may creep in via Bangladesh and Philippines, according to A R Reddy, co-chair of Genetic Engineering Approval (now Appraisal) Committee (GEAC) that approved the vegetable for commercial use. Both countries,
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today hit back at scientists who had accused him of holding biased public consultations on Bt brinjal. He said Vikram Sarabhai and Satish Dhawan, the two science
By putting an open-ended moratorium on the commercial cultivation of the gene-altered Bt brinjal, environment minister Jairam Ramesh has ended the long-pending uncertainty over this issue. If,
Though the Centre has imposed moratorium on release of transgenic brinjal, scientists in Madhya Pradesh are working on transgenic varieties of soya. Also Indian scientists are working on other
Union Minister for Agriculture and Food Sharad Pawar today said a new seed can be introduced only after the Ministry of Environment and Forests has cleared it. He was reacting to the Centre’s
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today imposed a "moratorium" on the commercialisation of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) brinjal until such time as long-term scientific studies could establish its
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