Centre urged to reconsider decision to approve genetically modified mustard
CHENNAI: PMK leader and former Union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss has urged the central government to reconsider its decision to approve genetically modified (GM) mustard, developed by scientists...
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 ArticleGM Mustard is Ready. But Are We?
GN photo Originally published by Governance Now November 16, 2016 by Sakshi Kuchroo It can increase yield by a third, and put up to Rs 500 crore in farmers’ pockets. However, it is facing the same...
View ArticleGM Mustard Gets Regulator Nod Amid Opposition from RSS-affiliate
New Delhi: The regulator for genetically modified crops has given the green signal for commercial cultivation of GM mustard in the country. In a submission to the Environment Ministry, Genetic...
View ArticleRegulator approves commercial release of GM mustard
Will be India's first GM food crop if cleared by ministry The final decision on the commercial release of GM mustard would have to be taken by Union Environment Minister Anil Dave. India’s topmost...
View ArticleIndia's biotech regulator gives green signal to GM mustard; zctivists oppose...
NEW DELHI: India's central biotech regulator, Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), on Thursday cleared the genetically modified (GM) Mustard for commercial cultivation and recommended its...
View ArticleDC Debate: GM crops: good or bad?
The approval by the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) for genetically modified (GM) mustard, developed by Delhi University, for commercial cultivation has rekindled the debate on the...
View ArticleGM Mustard Approval Will Boost Biotech But Intellectual Property Concerns Remain
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...
View ArticleIndia's biotech regulator gives green signal to GM mustard; activists oppose...
NEW DELHI: India's central biotech regulator, Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), on Thursday cleared the genetically modified (GM) Mustard for commercial cultivation and recommended its...
View ArticleRegulator Okays Commercial Use Of GM Mustard, Activists Raise A Stink
India's genetically modified (GM) crops regulator on Thursday recommended the commercial use of genetically modified mustard in a submission to the environment ministry amid opposition by anti-GM...
View ArticlePar panel likely to review clearance for GM mustard's
Last week, the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), under the Environment Ministry, recommended the GM mustard for commercial cultivation. A parliamentary panel headed by Congress leader...
View ArticleDC Debate: GM crops - good or bad?
The approval by the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) for genetically modified (GM) mustard, developed by Delhi University, for commercial cultivation has rekindled the debate on the...
View ArticleGrowing clamour against GM mustard; Dave meets protesters
Union minister Anil Dave today met a six-member delegation representing those protesting against the approval given for commercial use of genetically modified mustard by the crop regulator. The...
View ArticleStudents, activists, farmers protest commercial use of GM
Students, farmers' unions and environmental activists today staged a protest outside the Ministry of Environment here over the approval given for commercial use of genetically modified mustard by the...
View ArticleStudents, activists, farmers protest commercial use of GM mustard
A number of farmers' unions, organic farming community and students also took part in the protest and called for a nationwide outrage if the approval of GM mustard crop for commercial use was not...
View ArticleNo fresh tests for GM mustard
The Environment Ministry is unlikely to prescribe fresh tests to ascertain the safety of genetically-modified (GM) mustard even as environmental activists on Monday alleged that the GM mustard, under...
View ArticleEnvironment Minister Anil Dave, Who Was in the Eye of GM Mustard Storm, No More
New Delhi: Minister of State for Environment Anil Madhav Dave, the person who was at the centre of the controversy swirling around GM Mustard, is no more. Dave complained of uneasiness at his home in...
View ArticleGM crop regulator okays commercial use of GM mustard amid
India's GM crop regulator today recommended the commercial use of genetically modified mustard in a submission to the environment ministry amid opposition by anti-GM groups, including RSS-affiliated...
View ArticleScientists, activists step up pressure, GEAC to meet today
A DAY ahead of the meeting of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) that is to consider an application for commercialisation of a genetically modified mustard variety, NGOs, activists and...
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...
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