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Environment ministry ignores states' opposition, approves GM trials [1]

The environment ministry's Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) has cleared field trials for genetically modified rice, wheat, maize and castor for the Kharif season of 2013.

Publication Date: 
19/06/2013
Nitin SethI [2]
Times Of India (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
GM Crops [4], GM Rice [5], Wheat [6], Bayer CropScience [7], Biotechnology Industry [8], Monsanto [9], Bt Cotton [10], Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF) [11], Agriculture [12]

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