A Biosafety Risk Assessment Unit has been created and is functional for the last few months. While it is yet to take a final call on allowing commercial cultivation of genetically modified hybrid mustard, the government appears favourably disposed towards planting of GM pulses. A Group of Secretaries (GoS) on‘’Farmer Centric Issues in Agriculture and Allied Sectors’ — one of the eight constituted to deliberate on “important themes” following a meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 31 — has recommended “promotion and time-bound deregulation” in the case of two transgenic insect pest-resistant pulses. Share This Article Related Article A...
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