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Final report of the Technical Expert Committee (TEC) set up by the Supreme Court in a Public Interest Litigation on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) [1]

The final report of the Technical Expert Committee (TEC) set up by the Supreme Court in a Public Interest Litigation on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) has said that it will not be “advisable” to conduct more field trials till gaps in the regulatory system are addressed. The report was much awaited as a representative of the Union Agriculture Ministry (R.S. Paroda) was added on the panel after the submission of its interim report in October last on the Court’s directions at the behest of the Ministry. The farm Ministry had objected to the absence of its representative on the panel. In its final report, the TEC has suggested that the members of the regulatory authority be free of conflict of interest, such a body be set up under the Ministry of Environment or Health. There should be a secretariat of dedicated scientists with area expertise.

Publication Date: 
22/07/2013
Supreme Court of India [2]
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GMOs [3], GM Crops [4], Public Interest Litigation (PIL) [5], India [6], Supreme Court [7], Agriculture [8], Biotechnology [9], Biosafety [10], Acute Toxicity [11], Bt Cotton [12], Bt Brinjal [13], Health [14], Food Safety [15]

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