No scientific evidence to prove GM crops harmful: Govt
There is no scientific evidence to prove that Genetically Modified crops would harm soil, human...
View ArticleRSS-linked outfit resists, ICAR wants GM trials
NEW DELHI: The government may not be pushing hard for field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops due to pressure from an RSS-linked group, but the Centre's premier agriculture research body has...
View ArticleFarmer bodies demand commercialisation of GM Mustard
New Delhi, Mar 30 () A consortium of six farmer bodies today demanded for commercialisation of GM Mustard crop saying this will help in increasing yield and farmers income in the country by more than...
View ArticleGovt takes time to okay commercial cultivation of GM mustard
The NDA government has approved 18 field trials of genetically modified crops in the last two years, but needed more time to decide on the commercial cultivation of GM mustard. “In the last two years,...
View ArticleCIC wants all bio-safety data on GM mustard public by April 30
NEW DELHI: In a move which may bring transparency in the decision making process on the fate of transgenic food crops in India, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Genetic...
View ArticleMake GM mustard biosafety data public: CIC
The Central Information Commission (CIC), the arbitrator on Right To Information requests, has asked the Environment Ministry to make public all the data pertaining to the safety of...
View ArticleMake public biosafety info on GM mustard, says Central Information Commission
NEW DELHI: In an order intended to make the decision-making process on transgenic food crops in India more transparent, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Genetic Engineering...
View Article‘Make public biosafety info on GM mustard’
NEW DELHI: In an order intended to make the decision-making process on transgenic food crops in India more transparent, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Genetic Engineering...
View ArticleGovernment looks to press ahead with GM mustard
NEW DELHI: The government will be guided by scientific evidence and "larger interests" of consumers and farmers in deciding commercial use of GM mustard even as it works to narrow the gap between...
View ArticleGenetically modified crops bad for health: Scientists
Visakhapatnam: As the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) seeks comments for the commercial release of genetically modified seeds of mustard, agricultural scientists...
View ArticleGEAC eases norms for field trials of GM crops
--> Nikhil M Ghanekar | Mon, 12 Sep 2016-06:45am , dna The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee's move comes in the wake of several state governments refusing to allow field trials of GM crops...
View ArticleSeeds of doubt: Monsanto never had Bt cotton patent
NAGPUR: Fourteen years after US multinational Monsanto brought the genetically modified (GM) Bt Cotton (Bollgard) to India, there is no clarity on the discovery having ever been patented in the...
View ArticleGM crop report row OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT New Delhi, June 17: Four...
New Delhi, June 17: Four activists claimed today that an Intelligence Bureau report that has named them for campaigning against genetically-modified (GM) crops appears to have been influenced by...
View ArticleRSS-linked outfit resists, ICAR wants GM trials
NEW DELHI: The government may not be pushing hard for field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops due to pressure from an RSS-linked group, but the Centre's premier agriculture research body has...
View ArticleNo ban on GM crop field trials: Javadekar
NEW DELHI: There is no ban on GM crop field trials either by the government or the Supreme Court, environment minister Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday. The minister informed Lok Sabha that...
View ArticleParliamentary panel to take up the issue of GM mustard crop
--> Wed, 26 Oct 2016-10:36pm , New Delhi , PTI On Tuesday, about 150 organisations from across India, including 29 national-level organisations, converged at Jantar Mantar protesting against...
View ArticleGM crops: Government should set up an independent regulator at the earliest
Rarely does a large multinational company threaten to leave India. But that is exactly what Monsanto, the $40-billion American seed and agrochemical behemoth, did earlier this month. In December, the...
View ArticleNo scientific evidence to prove GM crops harmful: Environment Minister...
Thursday, 4 December 2014 - 6:18pm IST | Place: New Delhi | Agency: PTI Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Reddit There is no scientific evidence to prove that Genetically...
View ArticleFarmer bodies demand commercialisation of GM Mustard
New Delhi, Mar 30 () A consortium of six farmer bodies today demanded for commercialisation of GM Mustard crop saying this will help in increasing yield and farmers income in the country by more than...
View ArticleGM mustard is "safe", says technical body
A technical body has said that genetically-modified (GM) mustard is “safe for human and animal health” and did not threaten biodiversity. The Environment Ministry on Monday made public the body’s...
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