Without setting up an independent regulator with statutory backing, the Centre’s attempts to expedite genetically modified crop cultivation are bound to fail The controversy over allowing the commercial cultivation of genetically modified (GM) mustard has its roots in the central government’s repeated failure to introduce a more transparent biosafety regulatory regime. As a result, the government has been forced to defer its decision to allow cultivation of Mustard DMH-11, a transgenic hybrid developed at the Delhi University, which its creators say facilitates 20-30 per cent more yields than some of the better...
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