India missed the Industrial Revolution under the British rule and is still paying
the price for it. When biotechnology revolution can offer technologies to im-
prove agriculture and food security in free India, it is dithering and procrasti-
nating to the point of self-defeat. (Opinion)

The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) cleared Bt brinjal for commercialization on 14 October 2009. The activists are up in arms terming the approval as a shame. The government has chosen to go slow and states that it would consult the stakeholders before making a decision on the release.