New Delhi: A Parliamentary panel ordered a probe into the BT Brinjal on Thursday after a parliamentary committee report said that adequate tests were not carried out and that the committee approving its use was under tremendous pressure from a minister to approve the BT Brinjal.
The report quoted Dr PM Bhargava, the Supreme Court nominee on the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) as saying that a "minister" was putting pressure on the committee.
While deposing before the committee, Bhargava said, "Co-Chairman of the GEAC Dr Arjula Reddy confessed to me that the tests on assessing Bt Brinjal were not carried and even the test undertaken were done badly and that Dr Reddy was under tremendous pressure and was getting calls from the industry, GEAC and from 'the Minister' to approve Bt Brinjal."
The committee has refrained from naming the minister....
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03:55 PM, Aug 09, 2012
New Delhi: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, defending his controversial decision to impose a moratorium on the commercial release of Bt Brinjal says, "On Bt Brinjal, I would not say, from my experience that foreign NGOs influenced the decision". His remarks came against the backdrop of Prime Minister's comments that some NGOs based in the United States and Scandinavian countries were not "fully appreciative" of the development challenges India faces...
04:42 PM, Feb 27, 2012
New Delhi: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, defending his controversial decision to impose a moratorium on the commercial release of Bt Brinjal says, "On Bt Brinjal, I would not say, from my experience that foreign NGOs influenced the decision". His remarks came against the backdrop of Prime Minister's comments that some NGOs based in the United States and Scandinavian countries were not "fully appreciative" of the development challenges India faces...
04:42 PM, Feb 27, 2012
More than two years after he imposed a moratorium on the commercial release of BT Brinjal, Jairam Ramesh defends his controversial decision says, "On BT ...
04:40 PM, Feb 27, 2012
New Delhi: Jairam Ramesh defends his controversial decision to impose a moratorium on the commercial release of Bt Brinjal says, "on Bt Brinjal, I would not say, from my experience that foreign NGOs influenced the decision". His remarks came against the backdrop of Prime Minister's comments that some NGOs based in the United States and Scandinavian countries were not "fully appreciative" of the development challenges India faces and, were creating...
03:23 PM, Feb 25, 2012
The PM had said that NGOs funded from the US were funding protests against genetic engineering. ...
12:24 PM, Feb 25, 2012
Jairam Ramesh says Prime Minister doesn't favour an indefinite moratorium. ...
06:21 PM, Mar 02, 2010
Manmohan Singh will chair a meeting on the issue on Wednesday. ...
06:20 PM, Feb 24, 2010
Shiv Chopra has praised Jairam Ramesh for putting a moratorium on Bt Brinjal. ...
06:26 PM, Feb 15, 2010
Union Environment Minister refused to allow cultivation of BT Brinjal. ...
12:01 AM, Feb 10, 2010
Jairam Ramesh says BT is not the only way to reduce use of pesticides. ...
10:40 PM, Feb 09, 2010
Its opponents cite long-term health and cross-pollination related concerns. ...
04:47 PM, Feb 06, 2010
Environment Minister loses temper at meeting with GM food opponents. ...
04:45 PM, Feb 06, 2010
BT brinjal has the same protein content as the regular version. ...
09:19 AM, Feb 01, 2010
Ramesh says he finds opposition to BT brinjal, Pawar says nothing doing. ...
08:18 PM, Jan 22, 2010
Chairman of panel concedes that necessary tests were not done. ...
05:50 PM, Dec 04, 2009
SC's observer alleges Govt pressuried committee to approve Bt brinjal. ...
04:16 PM, Nov 30, 2009
Those for it and against genetically modified foods argue about the benefits and losses. ...
02:58 AM, Oct 15, 2009
India has approved commercialisation of genetically modified Bt brinjal. ...
01:43 AM, Oct 15, 2009
