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GM crops: Approval likely soon for field trials [1]

At least 13 varieties are slated for GEAC nod after a long while but states have to also agree; biotech sector waits eagerly

Even as the government prepares to give a final nod to field trials for at least 13 crop varieties in the next meeting of the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), on March 21, the road ahead for genetically modified (GM) varieties is still bumpy.

Publication Date: 
10/03/2014
Sanjeeb Mukherjee [2], Shine Jacob [3]
Business Standard (New Delhi) [4]
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India [5], GM Crops [6], Genetic Engineering [7], Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF) [8], Bihar [9], Madhya Pradesh [10], Chhattisgarh [11], West Bengal [12], Maize [13], Brinjal [14], Cotton [15], National Bureau Of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR) [16], Agriculture [17]
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