High-yielding GM Indian mustard technology and Dhara Hybrid Mustard-11 (DHM-11) is a path-breaking breakthrough in agriculture sector, developed indigenously by Dr. Deepak Pental and his Brassica group at Delhi University South Campus… However, some groups fundamentally opposed to genetic modification technologies… oppose this indigenous scientific endeavor, relying heavily on an imported anti-GM scientist such as Gilles-Eric Seralini, a controversial French scientist, to misguide the general public in India.
“…It is ironic that SJM is relying on a controversial videshi scientist known for his anti-biotech crusade to derail a “Make-in-India” product developed by Delhi University…” alluded Dr. CD Mayee, the President of the South Asia Biotechnology Centre.
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In contrast to SJM’s attack on indigenous GM mustard, Shri Ashok Chowgule, a known industrialist from Goa, stated that “the Indian Scientists are fully capable of delivering cutting edge technologies… They deserve our trust and there is a need to provide them with a facilitating environment… Our farmers need access to such modern technologies to improve their crop productivity in the larger interest of the Indian economy…”
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