Bt brinjal may be released commercially by year-end
Bt brinjal, the country
Bt brinjal, the country
<p> New Delhi More than a year after former environment minister Jairam Ramesh put an indefinite moratorium on commercial introduction of Bt brinjal in the country, the Genetic Engineering Appraisal
Before the fresh review procedure starts, the committee will meet first — likely on March 3 — to finalise the modalities for preparing the RARM report “including roles, responsibilities, consultation,
Five years ago, India was a hostile place for researchers testing genetically modified (GM) crops. Its government barred the commercial planting of a transgenic aubergine (a vegetable locally known as
On Friday, the country’s biotechnology regulator deferred a decision on allowing commercial cultivation of Mustard DMH-11, a transgenic crop developed by Centre for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants
Karnataka High Court has dismissed petitions that sought quashing of criminal prosecution of senior representatives of the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwar (UAS), M/s Mahyco/Monsanto and M/s Sathguru accused by the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) and Karnataka State Biodiversity Board (KBB) of committing serious criminal acts of biopiracy in promoting B.t. Brinjal.
Ahead of the first meeting of an expert committee of scientists to determine the kind of tests to be conducted on genetically-modified brinjal, commonly known as Bt brinjal, a prominent member of the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) has resigned from the panel. The resignation of P Anand Kumar comes following an appeal by the co-chair of the panel at its last meeting to members to
A report on the safety assessment of Bt brinjal (eggplant/aubergine) by Prof. Jack Heinemann has been submitted to India’s Minister of Environment and Forests. Its findings suggest the regulation and official
In a significant ruling, the High Court on Friday dismissed a petition by Mahyco Monsanto and others seeking to quash criminal proceedings against them, University of Agriculture Sciences (UAS), Dharwad,
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) has developed some varieties of brinjal, resistant to the insect causing damage to the crop, said a press realease. Brinjal is an important vegetable
A chargesheet has been filed against Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company (Mahyco), a subsidiary of Monsanto, the US agri business firm, for violating the bio-piracy laws in developing Bt Brinjal variety by
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan has clarified that the LDF Government still stands by its decision to ban the cultivation of Bt brinjal in the state. Speaking at the valedictory of International Congress on Kerala Studies here, Pinarayi referred to the controversy over the statement made by CPM leader S Ramachandran Pillai on the opening day of the Congress and said the
This paper describes the series of events which took place in India from the development of Bt brinjal to its initial approval by the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC)a to the declaration
A writ petition has been filed with High Court (HC) seeking its directive to restrain the government from giving approval to release four varieties of BT-brinjal, a genetically modified (GMO) variety,
Environment and agriculture activists, farmers Thursday at a human chain protested the government's move to introduce genetically modified (GMO) Bt-brinjal at farmers' level. They said although courts
Almost three years after a genetically-engineered variety of brinjal (Bt brinjal) was put on indefinite hold — putting a question mark on the fate of genetically-modified crops in India — the government
The cultivation and use of brinjal (eggplant/aubergine) is of great antiquity. It is from India, as philological studies indicate, that brinjal moved to West Asia and Europe. The different regions of India offer a diversity of accounts, documented as part of history, of the availability of brinjal and ancient food preparations of brinjal during medieval times.
Strongly favouring GM crops, India’s top science advisory panel on Tuesday virtually questioned the moratorium on commercialisation of Bt brinjal and pitched for comprehensive reform of the biotechnology regulatory mechanism. “The current regulatory system for recombinant products administered under Rules (1989) of Environment Protection Act, 1986, should be reformed till Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India is in place,” the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Prime Minister (SAC-PM), chaired by eminent scientist C.N.R. Rao, said in a statement.
Brinjal came to his rescue. Subramanyam of Pasupathikoli near Thanjavur swiched to brinjal cultivation three years ago when water became scarce for raising paddy. He has been raising brinjal as an
Sandip Das New Delhi: Bangalore-based Foundation of Biotechnology Awareness and Education (FBAE) has asked the government to lift the indefinite moratorium imposed on commercial introduction of Bt brinjal in the country by the ministry of environment and forest (MoEF).