Govt won’t impose GM mustard on people: Javadekar


Amid public pressure to disallow commercialization of genetically modified (GM) mustard in the country, environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday assured that the government will not impose GM mustard on the people and a final decision will be taken only after due deliberations.

He, however, said the progress of science could not be stopped and that India’s population of 1.25 billion people could not be allowed to starve.

The minister also met activists who held a silent protest outside the environment ministry in New Delhi on Friday morning while a meeting of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) was on inside.

GEAC is the environment ministry’s regulator for genetically modified organisms (GMO) and products.

“Today, the application for commercialization of GM mustard was there for consideration and some more information has been sought from those who had sought permission. We are doing all due deliberations. We are not rushing through with any decision. A decision will not be taken at the cost of people’s health,” Javadekar said after the meeting..............Read more

 

Source: livemint


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