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NEW DELHI: In the wake of strong views in favour and against allowing commercial cultivation of genetically modified Bt brinjal, the government on Thursday sought to take a middle path by putting the report in the public domain for wider consultation.

The objective was to arrive at a

New Delhi: Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh has decided to hold a series of public consultations before finalizing his decision on release of Bt-brinjal, the first food crop to come up for consideration before the government.

Environmentalists seek a system, supporters oppose it.

High US Government officials believe that it is highly unreasonable by the developing nations to request the industrialized nations or the Annexure One countries to cut down greenhouse gas emissions by 40 per cent in 2020.

EPCA Examines Role Of Financiers To Break Stranglehold

Saubhadro Chatterji / New Delhi September 22, 2009, 0:55 IST

While trying to revamp the environment ministry, he has ruffled more feathers with his non-stop flow of irreverent one-liners than Shashi Tharoor did with his 'holy cows' tweet.

This refers to Sunita Narain

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India's greenhouse gas emissions are expected to jump to between 4 billion tonnes and 7.3 billion tonnes in 2031 but the Asian power's rapid economic growth will be sustainable, a government-backed report said on Wednesday.

A UN survey has appealed to developing nations to invest in low-emission and high growth strategies, at the same time noting that India had grown has the largest renewable energy industry.

The "World Economic and Social Survey 2009" conducted by the United Nations was released by Sunita Narain in the capital on Wednesday.