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Supreme Court puts Environmental release of GM mustard on hold -Himanshu Nitnaware

-Down to Earth The Coalition of GM Free India, an informal network of organizations and individuals campaigning to keep India GM-Free, had specifically requested the Supreme Court to hear the matter November 3 The Supreme Court (SC) on November 3, 2022 granted time till November 10 to the Union government to respond to a petition challenging its decision giving the go-ahead to Environmental clearance for genetically modified (GM) mustard. The court asked...

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Supreme Court puts Environmental release of GM mustard on hold -Himanshu Nitnaware

-Down to Earth The Coalition of GM Free India, an informal network of organiations and individuals campaigning to keep India GM-Free, had specifically requested the Supreme Court to hear the matter November 3 The Supreme Court (SC) November 3, 2022 granted time till November 10 to the Union government to respond to a petition challenging its decision giving the go-ahead to Environmental clearance for genetically modified (GM) mustard. The court asked the...

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Supreme Court orders status quo on Environmental release of GM mustard -Ashish Tripathi

-Deccan Herald The court allowed a plea by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati to file a response on behalf of the Centre The Supreme Court on Thursday directed for maintaining status quo on the decision of the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee allowing the Environmental release of genetically modified mustard for seed production and testing. A bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Sudhanshu Dhulia issued the oral direction on an application filed by Aruna...

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The new hybrid variant of mustard -Jacob Koshy

-The Hindu How significant is the development of the Dhara Mustard Hybrid-11 (DMH-11)? Why are some activist groups opposing the commercial release of the crop? What are their allegations? How many transgenic crops are commercially cultivated in India? The story so far: The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), India’s apex regulator of genetically modified plants and food products, has approved the Environmental release of Dhara Mustard Hybrid-11 (DMH-11), a genetically-engineered variant of...

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Why GM mustard faces vocal opposition despite regulator nod -Amarnath K Menon

-India Today Once the government gives final approval, it will be another three years before farmers can begin commercial cultivation using GM mustard seeds Approval for the Environmental release of genetically modified (GM) mustard—Dhara Mustard Hybrid-11 (DMH-11)—across India has not come a day too soon. The GM crops regulator, the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), had cleared GM mustard in 2017 but the Indian government raised questions and asked for more studies,...

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