At a press conference here on 9 February, India's environment minister, Jairam Ramesh, announced a "moratorium" on commercial release of what would have been India's first genetically modified food crop: varieties of eggplant, called brinjal in India, equipped with a protein from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) that's toxic to insect pests.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/after-acrimonious-debate-india-rejects-gm-eggplant
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/pallava-bagla
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/science
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bt-brinjal
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biotechnology
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/genetic-engineering
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gm-crops
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mahyco
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef
