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Bt brinjal gets fresh push for clearanceBt Brinjal may soon be back on the menu. The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) which met last week is pushing for its "partial release". In February 2010, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh had imposed an indefinite moratorium on the commercial release of the world's first genetically modified Bt Brinjal.

Publication Date: 
16/05/2011
Prachi Bhuchar [2]
India Today (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Bt Brinjal [4], Genetic Engineering [5], Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF) [6], Mahyco [7], Food Security [8]
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