ProMASS News Bureau: Feb 6, 2016:
Union Environment Ministry has deferred a decision on whether to allow commercial cultivation of genetically modified (GM) mustard. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said the decision will be taken after due deliberation. After a meeting of Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee, the apex body that clears GM field trials in India, Mr Javadekar said government would not rush through the decision on the issue. The Minister said, the application for commercialisation of GM Mustard was there for consideration and Ministry have sought some more information on certain aspects of the data. His remarks came even as protesters staged dharna outside the Ministry under the banner ‘Sarson Satyagrah’ and submitted a petition to him demanding that the government should not go ahead with commercialisation of GM mustard. However, Mr Javedekar said, the Ministry cannot stop science from progressing.
