Vishwa Mohan
Bowing to political pressure, India scraps plans to trial GM, insect-resistant, Bt eggplant
[The Indian government] has junked its decision of allowing scientific field trials of transgenic crops including indigenously developed Bt brinjal. ...
Anti-GMO activists move to block Bt insect-resistant eggplant field trials in India
Ten years after imposing a moratorium on commercial release of genetically modified Bt Brinjal, the [federal government] has now allowed ...
India should ‘definitely adopt’ new GMO crops, nation’s top biotech cotton expert argues
The logjam in approval of newer genetically modified (GM) cotton seeds [in India] has catalyzed planting of unauthorized seeds known ...
India moves to restrict cultivation of illegal but easily acquired GMO herbicide-tolerant, insect-resistant cotton
Amid reports of cultivation of [an] unapproved variety of transgenic HTBt [herbicide-tolerant, insect-resistant] cotton seeds, the Union environment ministry has ...
Indian farmers highlight higher yields from banned GMO herbicide-tolerant, insect-resistant cotton to defy nation’s biotech crop rules
As farmers [headed] to Yavatmal in Maharashtra to showcase post-harvest success stories of banned [herbicide-tolerant] cotton on [Jan. 5], their ...
Despite threat of arrest, pro-GMO protests in India spread across 11 districts in state of Maharashtra
A ‘pro-GM seed’ movement, which had begun in one district of Maharashtra with farmers defying [a] ban on planting unapproved ...
India’s food regulator proposes mandatory GMO labeling
Seeking to introduce GMO labelling for the first time in India, the country’s food regulator has proposed all packaged food products containing genetically modified ...
India’s biotech regulator greenlights GMO mustard—But hurdles to commercialization remain
India's central biotech regulator, Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), on Thursday [May 11] cleared the genetically modified (GM) Mustard for ...
India unlikely to approve GMO mustard in time for coming growing season
The debate around genetically modified crops and a recent PIL in the Supreme Court may force the government to delay ...
Will GMO mustard suffer same fate as GMO eggplant in India?
With the deadline of submitting comments of stakeholders on genetically modified mustard... coming to an end... both anti and pro-GM ...
India will listen to anti-GMO activists, but make science-based decision on GMO mustard
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Moving ahead with the ...
India developing GMO drought tolerant sugarcane in face of water shortages
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . Indian Council ...
Father of India’s green revolution calls for more GMO field trials
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. At the time when ...
10 GM crops reapproved for ‘confined field trials’ in India
Taking a major step forward to scientifically assess 'risk' and 'safety' aspects of transgenic crops, the Indian government's top regulator ...
Indian scientists develop 200 GM crops, await government nod for trials
NEW DELHI: Do you think only 'Monsanto' (or any multi-national seed company) has the capacity to develop transgenic crops? The ...
Indian scientists back agriculture minister Pawar’s remarks on GM crops
Emboldened by agriculture minister Sharad Pawar's current pitch in favour of scientific field trials for transgenic crops, top agriculture scientists of the ...
Pro-GM crops groups to pitch for use of biotech in farming in India
Amid intense public debate over the impact of Genetically Modified (GM) crops on health and the environment, thousands of farmers ...
Objection to GM crops without assessment, Indian agriculture ministry says
Dismissing concerns expressed by activists and civil society against use of genetically modified (GM) crops in the country, the Indian ...