The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) has recommended to the Environment Minister the commercial release of genetically modified (GM) mustard. The recommendation is for four years and a “lot of conditions” have been imposed, said GEAC Chairperson Amita Prasad. If Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave accepts the recommendation, GM mustard will be the second GM crop plant to be approved for cultivation by farmers in India and the first food crop (though India consumes oil derived from GM cottonseeds). India had approved the cultivation of GM cotton in 2002. The candidate approved, Dhara Mustard Hybrid (DMH) -11, has been developed by a team of Delhi University scientists led by...
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