Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
CHENNAI: Former Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cautioning him against allowing genetically modified food into the market,
If Bt varieties spread here, the country may soon become dependent on the West A week after the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee, the biotechnology regulator of India, gave its nod to cultivate Bt brinjal, activists and farmers under the banner of Tamil Nadu Women's Collective staged a demonstration in the …
JAIPUR: Civil society groups in Rajasthan have strongly protested against the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) recommending commercial cultivation of genetically modified Bt Brinjal, saying its large-scale production would lead to gene pollution by contamination of other varieties. They have also questioned the haste in the whole process of approval. …
Companies are going slow on GM research thanks to the obstructive bureaucracy Surinder Sud / New Delhi October 20, 2009, 0:54 IST Unlike multinational agro-firms, which invest liberally on research and development (R&D;) to evolve new seeds, Indian companies engaged in agri-business generally feel shy of doing so. There are …
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: In the wake of strong views in favour and against allowing commercial cultivation of genetically modified Bt brinjal, the government on Thursday sought to take a middle path by putting the report in the public domain for wider consultation. The objective was to arrive at a
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Government on Thursday voiced strong protest over the decision to give clearance to Bt Brinjal, even as greens and activists echoed the sentiment and called it a black day for the nation. Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to review the decision …
G. Satyamurty Genetic Engineering Approval Committee has given its nod While varsity has developed varieties, others have developed hybrids Seeds can be preserved for sowing Coimbatore: Even as the bio-technology regulator, Genetic Engineering Approval Committee has given the green signal for the environmental release of Bt brinjal, the first genetically …
Ludhiana: Paddy straw, which is considered a waste by farmers, can be converted into useful manure. This was stated by Pritpal Singh, Gurteg Singh and Sat Pal Saini, scientists of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ropar. Every year, nearly 220 lakh tonne straw generated from paddy crop is burnt by farmers in …
Dr Milkha Singh Aulakh, Dean, College of Agriculture, PAU, attended the fourth and final research coordination meeting (RCM) of the coordinated research project
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Civil society groups and non-governmental organisations have strongly voiced their disapproval of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) recommending commercial cultivation of Bt Brinjal in India. This is happening even as there are many unresolved issues surrounding the environmental release of the transgenic vegetable and genuine …
The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee of the Union environment ministry today gave a green signal for genetically modified brinjal (Bt brinjal). Three members dissented. Jairam Ramesh Such brinjals would soon be on dinner tables in the country if the GEAC view is upheld by the ministry. Minister Jairam Ramesh said …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: Civil society groups have cautioned the government against introducing genetically modified crops in the food chain and questioned the credentials of a panel of experts to look into the biosafety of Bt Brinjal, which will come up before the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) on Wednesday. …
Bangalore, Oct. 13 The Indian Council of Agricultural Research is working on new crop varieties in rice and potato to cope with climate change. These varieties are not just expected to be flood- or drought-resistant; they are also expected to withstand rising carbon dioxide emissions without suffering metabolic changes. Mr …
The initial failure of the monsoon in large parts of India, and the subsequent floods in the South, are seriously affecting production of our major crops. Sugarcane is expected to decline by nearly 30 per cent in Maharashtra. Incomes of small rain-fed farms in semi-arid Andhra Pradesh could decline by …
The long wait for genetically modified (GM) brinjal to hit the market may be over this week as the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), the country
