India needs an autonomous bio-technology regulatory authority and an independent laboratory to conduct various tests, said Mr Jairam Ramesh, the Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests.
Ruing resistance to commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal in various parts of the country, biotechnology industry leaders and experts today said the opposition to the crop was induced by fear and did not have any scientific basis.
Amid raging debate over the release of Bt brinjal for commercial use, Science and Technology Minister Prithviraj Chavan today supported the genetically modified product for the first time, saying the controversial variety of the vegetable was
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: More than 15 persons representing non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from Kerala will attend a public consultation being organised by the Ministry of Environment in Bangalore on January 25 on permitting commercial release of genetically modified brinjal (Bt brinjal) in the country.
After Amritsar successfully began cultivating early crops of vegetables using tunnel technology a few years ago, Jalandhar, too, has decided to follow suit. This winter, a number of farmers, mostly small and marginal, have dedicated nearly 100 acres of land in the district to growing off-season vegetables like cucumber, capsicum, tomato, chilli, pumpkin, lady
The Environment Minister, Mr. Jairam Ramesh chaired the first in a series of nationwide consultations on the issue of BT Brinjal at Kolkata. Organised by the MoEF and CEE this consultation aims at giving the public a forum where meaningful debate on the issue can take place before a final decision on the introduction of BT Brinjal is taken.
A day before Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is scheduled to start a month-long national consultation process, spread across seven cities, to firm up a decision on whether to allow commercial cultivation of Bt Brinjal in India, environmentalists have called for a moratorium on the cultivation and a
