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The MoEFCC&#39;s recent decision to exclude new-gen GM plants from the ambit of existing biosafety rules endangers our food system, food exports, farmers&#39; rights over their crops and the country&#39;s biological heritage for the sake of corporate profits.

Christmas came early...'
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With New MoEFCC Memo, Are Indian Policy Makers Supporting 'Big Biotech'? -Indra Shekhar Singh

-TheWire.in The MoEFCC's recent decision to exclude new-gen GM plants from the ambit of existing biosafety rules endangers our food system, food exports, farmers' rights over their crops and the country's biological heritage for the sake of corporate profits. Christmas came early for Big Biotech companies and their allied seeds multipliers as the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has recently, through an office memorandum, excluded the new generation genetically modified (GM) plants – also known as genetically edited (GE) plants – from the ambit of India’s biosafety rules. This means that Big Biotech companies will not be able to by-pass India’s stringent genetic approval framework for their new generation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The end result will be a small step for agri-innovation, but a giant leap for corporate control over seeds and plants through patents. But how will this happen?  Before looking at the patent question, let’s look at the law. All GMOs in India, as per the Environmental Protection Act, 1986, and the subsequent Rules for the Manufacture, Use, Import, Export and Storage of Hazardous Micro-organisms/Genetically Engineered Organisms or Cells, 1989 (‘Rules, 1989’ for short), must be approved by the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), which has very unique set of approval mechanisms. Yet, somehow, two classes of gene edited plants – SDN 1 and SDN 2 – have been relegated to a less stringent regulatory process, perhaps to speed up approvals for the new GE product.  We must keep in mind that these are a newer generation of GMOs. The question which therefore arises is, why are their approvals being subjected to a lower standard? Please click here to read more.