UK-based animal welfare group People for Ethical Treatment of Animals has been campaigning against Indian leather, alleging ill-treatment of animals in the slaughter houses here. This has had a great impact on the Indian export with countries like UK and

P M BHARGAWA former director, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad The scientific advisors are too scared to take any constructive step. So it does not matter whether they

S S KATIYAR vice chancellor, CSJM University, Kanpur Funds given to health care are not sufficient. It is not possible to carry out worthwhile research with this kind of funding. At least

S K HANDA
Former head, division of agricultural chemistry, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, writes in Agriculture Today June 2001 that CSE's information is inaccurate and misleading.

E V V BHASKARA RAO
Director, National Research Centre for Cashew, Puttur, Karnataka says, in his paper circulated by the pesticide association, that inbreeding or wrong medication taken during pregnancy could be responsible

Increasing water harvesting and water conservation is the only way to ensure food security