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Centre says no to Bt brinjal, for now [1]

New Delhi: The government on Tuesday decided to put the commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal on hold, bowing to protests from activists, resistance from opposition as well as Congress governments and suspicions about the genetically modified crops.

Publication Date: 
10/02/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Agriculture [3], Organic Farming [4], GM Crops [5], Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF) [6], M S Swaminathan [7], Bt Brinjal [8]
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