Submissions by DGM Project Punjab Mandi Board in the matter of Kapil Dev & Others Vs State of Punjab & Others dated January 14, 2025. All possible efforts were being made by the Punjab Mandi Board to comply with the NGT guidelines and to dispose of the vegetable waste of …
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 …
B. Chandrashekhar HYDERABAD: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh faced angry protests at the consultations on Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) brinjal at the Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture here on Sunday. The demonstration by activists of farmers
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 …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: On Sunday, at the Martyrs Square in the city, environmentalists, farmers, political and cultural leaders in the State will go on a fast to stop the Ministry of Environment and Forests from giving permission for commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal. The fast will be inaugurated by Agriculture Minister Mullakkara …
CHENNAI: Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi has said the government will not take any hasty decision on allowing cultivation or sale of Bt Brinjal in the State. Representatives of Poovulagin Nanbargal, Safe Food Alliance, Tamil Nadu Women
AMID demands from organisations of farmers and environmental activists for a blanket ban on Bt brinjal in Tamil Nadu, the State government on Tuesday virtually imposed a temporary ban on this genetically modified vegetable until a final decision is taken on the matter. Clarifying the government's stand on the issue, …
The State government has said a firm no to entry of Bt brinjal. The government has already conveyed this to the Centre. Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, on Saturday, said his government would not allow cultivation of Bt brinjal which would prove death knell for native breeds of brinjal grown …
Hyderabad, Jan. 24: As the Centre goes about building public opinion on introduction of the controversial Bt brinjal, the country does not have the facility to test the toxicity or otherwise of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). India does not have a Bt laboratory to test genetically-modified (GM) crop and the Centre
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday rebutted his senior colleague and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar over the introduction of Bt Brinjal, contesting his stand that the decision of an expert panel giving clearance is final and Centre does not have any say. Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh …
CHANDIGARH: Noted molecular biologist Pushpa Mittra Bhargava has warned that a nod for Bt Brinjal would be one of the biggest disasters for the country. Talking to The Hindu, Dr. Bhargava, who is a Supreme Court appointee to the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), said the move for securing such …
The State Government is all set to say no to Bt brinjal and is also contemplating declaring Karnataka, as a state free from genetically modified crops (GM-free state). Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa gave a hint to this effect in a meeting with scientists, representatives of non-governmental organisations and Karnataka …
Ahmedabad: Setting at rest the speculations over the commercial approval of Bt brinjal, Jairam Ramesh, minister of state for environment and forests (MoEF), said a final decision on the approval of Bt brinjal was yet to be taken. He said the doubts and concerns raised over the issue would not …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Greens, farmers, political and cultural leaders in the State will go on a fast on January 30, to stop the Ministry of Environment and Forests from giving permission for the commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal. While the call for a National Day of Fast is being given by …
Jairam Ramesh suggests regulatory authority, independent lab. Divya Trivedi India needs an autonomous bio-technology regulatory authority and an independent laboratory to conduct various tests, said Mr Jairam Ramesh, the Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests. Groups' call Mr Ramesh's comments
