Tag: GM mustard

Green clearance once again sets off controversy over GM mustard

However, scientists from the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences-NAAS and the Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS) at ICAR in Delhi, on Monday, said it can become the best option to increase the production of oilseeds

October 31, 2022

GM mustard gets Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee approval for field cultivation

Though the GEAC had opened the proposal in 2017, the Ministry had rejected it reasoning that the GEAC hold more studies on the GM crop.

October 27, 2022

No decision on commercial release of GM mustard, Centre tells SC

The central government on Friday told the Supreme Court that no decision has been taken for the commercial release of genetically modified (GM) mustard. Additional Solicitor General P.S. Narasimha told a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra that government has not taken a decision on the commercial release of the GM mustard. The government...

September 15, 2017

‘Approving GM Mustard would be wrong decision’

Had we been aware of the ill-effects of the Bt Cotton, we would never have approved it, said TSR Subramanian, who had recommended the Genetically Modified (GM) variety of cotton for commercial cultivation as Textile Secretary in the 1990s. In the wake of possible approval to GM Mustard variety called Dhara Mustard Hybrid 11 after a...

June 11, 2017

Agri scientists bat for GM Mustard

The National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) has urged the government to allow commercial use of Dhara Mustard Hybrid-11 (DMH-11), a Genetically Modified (GM) Mustard variety, from this year and to support scientists to develop such hybrids in future. The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), which is a regulator under the Environment Ministry, had last...

June 6, 2017

GM mustard: A contrary view

Mr. Bharat Dogra’s article “Now, a threat from GM mustard” (The Statesman, 28 May) presents one side of the argument and quotes facts only in support of that argument. But there is another side and the issue remains far from settled. While the fear of corporatisation of agriculture, or health and safety concerns highlighted by...

May 29, 2017

Now, a threat from GM mustard

On 11 May, the central biotech regulator, the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) recommended that the environment ministry should approve GM Mustard. With this India has come one step closer to the entry of genetically modified (GM) food crops. Here it needs to be mentioned that most countries have so far resisted the introduction of...

May 27, 2017