Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay dated 05.11.2024 dated 16/12/2024. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled "The Last Feral Horses in India" appearing in Mongabay dated November …
The Kheti Virasat Mission today said that the consultation process started by the Minister for Forests and Environment Jairam Ramesh on the proposed commercial release of genetically modified brinjal (Bt brinjal) was not scientific and inappropriate to the task. While seven such consultations were to be held across the nation, …
Mansar (Samba): Union Minister of Forests and Environment Jairam Ramesh today assured that no decision would be taken on Bt Brinjal without evolving a consensus. He also maintained that the decision regarding the commercial cultivation of Bt Brinjal would be taken only after consultation with all stakeholders. Talking to mediapersons …
THE humble vegetable brinjal and the possible entry of its genetically modified version are indeed causing huge rumblings not just in the public minds but within the government too with different ministers articulating different views on Bt Brinjal. Finally, the debate around genetically modified (GM) seeds and indeed the debate …
During the day, Amanjeet Gill is a diplomat, tall, urbane and well travelled. But on weekends, 41-year-old Gill becomes a farmer. He is the driving force behind a non-profit called the Farmer
As voices against contentious Bt Brinjal steadily grow louder, agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan has called for a thorough analysis of benefits and risks of genetically modified vegetable in a credible manner before introducing it in the country. Talking to The Tribune, Swaminathan said certain aspects about Bt Brinjal need to …
The Centre would take a final decision on allowing commercial production of genetically modified Bt Brinjal within 10 days after consultations with various stakeholders, Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said today.
Hyderabad: Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said the Centre would soon take a decision on whether to allow commercial cultivation of genetically modified Bt brinjal, even as he was heckled at a meet and asked to go back for failing to protect the interests of farmers. The Union …
High-decibel anti-Bt brinjal protests took centrestage for some time at the national consultation session chaired by Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday. Members of the Swadeshi Jagran Manch barged into the jam-packed Law Bhawan hall on Panjab University campus, where the minister was meeting farmers, NGOs, lawyers, doctors and …
New Delhi: The debate on Bt brinjal is getting broader, with farmers and health experts putting their weight behind the campaign against commercial marketing and supply of the food crop. Even as scientists and farmers cry foul over the ill-effects of genetically modified crops, an equally large community of scientists …
The now-familiar debate over Bt brinjal, the first genetically modified food crop almost poised for commercial production in India, posits greater productivity and resistance to pests against health and environmental concerns. A new semi-debate has been generated by the decision of the Union environment minister, Jairam Ramesh, to conduct public …
Refusing to take the sole blame for soaring commodity prices, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said on Sunday that price rise was a collective responsibility of the Cabinet, including that of the Prime Minister.
Ruing resistance to commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal in various parts of the country, biotechnology industry leaders and experts today said the opposition to the crop was induced by fear and did not have any scientific basis. Announcing the date of the annual biotechnology fare, Bangalore Bio, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw …
Amid raging debate over the release of Bt brinjal for commercial use, Science and Technology Minister Prithviraj Chavan today supported the genetically modified product for the first time, saying the controversial variety of the vegetable was
However, Science Ministry Says Bt Brinjal Safe For All New Delhi: At a time when the proposed open field trials of Bt brinjal are drawing loud protests, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to detail the steps it has put in place to protect India
Pune The Agriculture Ministry might be finding it tough to control the rising sugar prices or for that matter to meet the demands of sugarcane farmers across the country, but nature seems to have answers to both these issues. According to a recent report published by city-based Gokhale Institute of …
