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Nod for GM mustard could mean a repeat of anti-farm laws stir -Gargi Parsai

-Deccan Herald

With the general elections a little over a year away, a nod for GM food crops could turn out to be as contentious an issue for the BJP

By suddenly giving its nod for the environmental release of genetically modified (GM) herbicide mustard crop - the first edible crop that may enter the food chain in India - the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) has stirred a hornet's nest. The move paves the way for the commercial release of the GM food crop. 

In 2017, the same GEAC, which is under the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, withdrew its approval to the same transgenic mustard seed variety (DMH-11) in the face of stiff resistance from people elsewhere and farmers in Punjab where 'Sarson da saag and Makki di roti' are a staple diet. Punjab, along with Haryana, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, is India's biggest cultivator of the mustard crop. Many are wondering what has changed between 2017 and now for the GEAC to approve the cultivation of GM mustard without full and long-term risk assessment of the environment, bio-diversity, people's health and safety, and animal health. There are serious concerns about the honey bees, butterflies and other pollinators going extinct in GM mustard fields.

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