New Delhi: In what is bound to raise the bar for the government to clear GM brinjal, the Supreme Court appointed observer on the GEAC has written to the environment ministry that his and two other members
Nov. 4: Four thousand years after it entered the Indian kitchen, the all-time favourite, brinjal or eggplant, may soon shed its traditional flavour.
The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) has approved genetically modified or Bt brinjal for human consumption despite protests that adequate tests have not been carried out to ensure it is safe for human consumption.
: The reported statement of KV Thomas, the minister of state for agriculture, that the agriculture ministry would not blindly oppose any new technology that helped increase food production and ensure food security, has kindled the hopes of Bt brinjal
In India the elongated, deep purple ovoid is considered one of the humblest of vegetables. The Bengalis call it begun which means a vegetable that has no virtue. But now the lowly brinjal has become the eye of the storm that is forcing you to sit up and take notice as you sit down to eat.
The Union ministry of environment and forest has given the green signal for cultivation of two varieties of genetically modified (GM) brinjal, but scholars here are sceptical.
