The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
PMK URGES CM TO ENACT LAW TO BAN Bt BRINJALPATTALI Makkal Katchi founder president Dr S Ramadoss on Monday urged Chief Minister M Karunanidhi to enact legislation during the forthcoming Assembly session banning Bt brinjal in the State. Interacting with the press while participating in a protest demonstration organised by …
The Chhattisgarh government has banned commercial cultivation of genetically modified Bt brinjal in the state. This is despite the recent in-principle nod by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) of the central government for commercial farming of the variery. The decision was taken after the state government sought suggestions from …
Despite the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee giving its nod to the commercial cultivation of Bt Brinjal last week, Orissa government has made it clear that commercial farming of any genetically modified crop, including brinjal, would not be allowed in the state.
Gargi Parsai New Delhi: Several farmer leaders have sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to reject the recommendation of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) for commercial release of Bt brinjal. Speaking to journalists here Rakesh Tikait of the Bhartiya Kisan Union, Yudhvir Singh of the Coordination Committee …
The gentle mountain slopes in this fascinatingly beautiful place at once catch the attention not merely for their idyllic setting and extremely hospitable people that reside in their lush green shadows but also for a revolutionary trend in the agriculture they now practice along these inclines. As one winds through …
Stiff opposition from activists has persuaded the Indian government to put off commercial release of the country's first genetically modified (GM) food crop, despite clearance from the nation's top biotechnology regulator.
Comments by Doug Gurian-Sherman on the Report of the Expert Committee (EC-II) on Bt Brinjal Event EE-1 (developed by: M/s Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company Ltd. (Mahyco) and partners, and submitted to the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, New Delhi, October 8 2009).
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 …
GLOBAL seeds major Monsanto may soon start selling controversial genetically modified (GM) seeds and planting material in India, as the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has cleared the company
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
New Delhi: Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh has decided to hold a series of public consultations before finalizing his decision on release of Bt-brinjal, the first food crop to come up for consideration before the government. The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee had on Wednesday cleared the release of the food …
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 …
