The government of Odisha has approved the Biotechnology Policy 2024 to create a flourishing ecosystem for the biotech industry. This will further promote higher education, research & infrastructure development in the sector and strengthen the supportive ecosystem for innovation, incubation, investment, income & impact to build enterprises. Association of Biotechnology …
P.M. Bhargava The proposed bill to create such an authority is entirely industry-centric. The proposal to create a National Biotechnology Regulatory Authority (NBRA), for which a draft bill is now in circulation, is being moved in an unprofessional manner by the Government of India. The bill is driven by the …
By Vandana Shiva Citizens have a right to health and environmental safety. Hence the existing biosafety law needs to be upheld. While the country has been preoccupied with the Indo-US nuclear deal, there is indifference to the US-India agricultural deal, under which India is being pressurised to dismantle her biosafety …
Eminent agri-scientist National Professor and former Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh Agriculture University Professor Dr. A.K.M. Aminul Haque said that Biotechnology has a potential to alleviate poverty and hunger in developing countries including Bangladesh and deserves an extra focus from concerned scientists and functionaries. Speaking as chief guest at the inaugural …
This publication lists and briefly details the regulatory instruments comprising laws/acts/decrees/regulations/rules related to biosafety of products of biotechnology for agriculture and food existing in 39 countries of Asia and the Pacific. Besides, additional chapters have been included to introduce the readers to recent developments in agricultural biotechnology in the region, …
Nature knows better how to keep the water sources clean and nourishing. Our traditions, also could maintain their water sources for the past 10,000 years. Water quality problems and water scarcity- both are due to pollution of air, caused by increase in the use of fossil fuels. This produces rain …
A report riles industrial farming nations and agribusiness The us, Canada and Australia have rejected an International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (iaastd), which believes there should be a shift in practising agriculture, to a
Rashme Sehgal DR P.M. Bhargava, a genetic scientist widely regarded as the architect of modern biology and biotechnology in India, warns against genetically modified foods being pushed into the Indian market without proper safety trials. "A very dangerous precedent has been set in the country whereby GM foods, like Doritos …
Regulatory Complexity, Laxity And Incompetence Are Posing Serious Threat To Nature, Limiting R&D; IT IS good news that the government is expediting the process of setting up the national biotechnology regulatory authority, which is envisaged as a dextrous, one-stop facility. Even after a fair degree of streamlining of the regulation …
In the present work, both commercial and R&D; stage biotechnological applications relevant for the pulp and paper industry are reviewed. In general, the application in this module involve the use of enzymes or micro-organisms to improve the process efficiency, product properties or quality or to decrease process energy or chemical …
There is a paradigm shift in the agricultural research and development policy of developing countries, primarily driven by scarcity of public funds. The countries with a strong research system like India and China have initiated a number of reforms with an objective to diversify the sources of funding and increase …
Safe and sufficient food production is an important issue in India. Development of improved varieties by modern plant breeding is crucial. Nowadays, GM (genetically modified) varieties are emerging as a strong tool and promise.
Some rice-producing nations may drop their reluctance to use genetically modified (GM) seeds in the next few years to help offset a crisis that has forced millions to go hungry, a top expert said. "If we consider the challenges that face us, I think we would be very foolish and …
To boost growth and development of indigenous technology and their absorption by the industrial sector, the State Government has come forward to set up a Biotech Park in the capital city, which would be the first such endeavour in the North East. The Guwahati Biotech Park, whose preliminary work is …
The Central government has announced a Rs.100-crore special grant to the Thiruvananthapuram-based Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) which was taken over by the Department of Biotechnology on April 1, 2007. The money is to be spent over three years. Orders have been issued to release Rs.25 crore this year …
The North East Institute of Science and Technology released the technology for making mosquito repellent incense sticks for commercial production to a Sivasagar-based Agro Industry on the occasion of the observation of National Technology Day here, today. "Clean Out is a herbal agarbati made from indigenous plant materials and is …
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi asks agricultural scientists to not only work for food security but also provide nutrition to the people. Gogoi while inaugurating the first commercial tissue culture laboratory, at the Assam Agricultural University here expresses concern over the food crises all over the world. He said that India …
Biotechnology companies, who argue they could help solve the global food crisis, are hoping for a boost on Wednesday as regulators attempt to overcome the deadlock over growing genetically modified food in the European Union. With just one crop, an insect-resistant maize, approved for cultivation in the past decade and …
An Act to establish the National Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India and to regulate the research, manufacture, importation and use of products of modern biotechnology. Whereas Government of India recognises that modern biotechnology offers opportunities to address important needs related to health, agriculture and food production, environmental protection, climate change …
