Counter affidavit on behalf of Chief Municipal Engineer, Patna Nagar Nigam in the matter of Saurav Narayan Vs Bihar Pollution Control Board & Others dated May 20, 2025. The report said that the corporation has been diligently performing its statutory duties within the limitations of the available resources and infrastructure. …
A week after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh intervened to reconcile differences among ministers of Environment and Forest, Science and Technology, Agriculture, and HRD over the introduction of genetically modified food crops in the country, the government is likely to witness a discussion on the same again as the Cabinet is …
The European Union, where genetically modified food crops face stiff opposition on grounds of health and environmental risk, has approved the cultivation of GM potato
Since 1966 - and as a consequence of the introduction of the Green Revolution model of water intensive, chemical farming - India has over-exploited her groundwater, creating a water famine.
In the 14 years since the first genetically modified crops were planted commercially, their descendants, relatives and remixes have gone forth and multiplied like profitable, high-tech pondweed. A new report shows that 25 countries now grow GM crops, with the total area under cultivation now larger than Peru. Three-quarters of …
Many proponents of organic farming, including well-known activists and NGOs, are vehemently opposed to the introduction of genetic engineering in agriculture and skeptical that biotechnology firms could in any way advance
In the 14 years since the first genetically modified crops were planted commercially, their descendants, relatives and remixes have gone forth and multiplied like profitable, high-tech pondweed. A new report (see article) shows that 25 countries now grow GM crops, with the total area under cultivation now larger than Peru. …
S.Elango , Director of Public Health (right), having a word with S.S.Vasan, head of Public Health, Oxitec Limited, U.K., at the Asian Biosafety Training meeting in Madurai on Monday. Madama Bouare , African scientist (centre), is in the picture. MADURAI: Director of Public Health S. Elango on Monday said clarifications …
Director of Public Health S. Elango on Monday said clarifications were needed on the bio-safety of Genetically Modified (GM) mosquitoes being developed by researchers globally to combat vector-borne diseases such as malaria, chikungunya and dengue. He said here that public health administrators and governments could not take any chances with …
The controversy around Bt brinjal has served at least one good purpose. The government has fast-tracked the process of setting up a biotechnology regulator. A regulatory authority is to be set up under an Act of Parliament. A longstanding proposal that has been gathering dust in the Department of Biotechnology …
Joining the growing number of voices within the government that are uncomfortable with the decision to put the introduction of Bt brinjal on indefinite hold, Science and Technology Minister Prithviraj Chavan today said it was important to ensure that
The past fortnight was a busy one for those tracking Bt brinjal. Union minister of state for environment, Jairam Ramesh, held public consultations in three cities to garner support for Bt brinjal even as Union agriculture minister asserted the approval by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (geac) for commercial cultivation …
The purpose of any regulation around Genetic Engineering and related modern biotechnology applications flows from the inherent risks and hazards associated with these technologies. India does not have a separate statute to govern the regulation of GMOs in our food and farming systems. This means that we have only executive …
AP GM can have some remarkable effects HUNDREDS of farmers in long, faded cotton sarongs swarmed outside an auditorium at Bangalore University on February 6th. They were waiting for India
At a press conference here on 9 February, India's environment minister, Jairam Ramesh, announced a "moratorium" on commercial release of what would have been India's first genetically modified food crop: varieties of eggplant, called brinjal in India, equipped with a protein from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) that's toxic to …
BHUBANESWAR: As the entire nation awaits the decision of Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on the issue of Bt brinjal, the United Coalition Against Genetic Engineering (Uncage), Orissa, today urged him to reject the entry of genetically modified organism
Science in India cannot progress without facing political and commercial hurdles, and scientists work under pressure. This was the common sentiment of experts at the People
