The committee has also put down recommendations wherein the environment ministry examines the impact of GM crops on natureNo genetically modified (GM) crop should be introduced in India unless the biosafety and socio-economic desirability is evaluated in a "transparent" process and an accountability regime is put in place, a parliamentary panel has said. The remarks come after India's GM crop regulator Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) recently recommended the commercial use of genetically modified mustard in a submission to the environment ministry. The department-related parliamentary standing committee on science and technology and environment and forest made its recommendations in its 301st report on 'GM crop and its impact on environment'. It said GM mustard being a herbicide-tolerant GM organism (GMO), there is clear evidence on the adverse impacts of such GMOs elsewhere in the world. "In the case of GM mustard, from what one can gather from different quarters, there are serious unanswered questions.

Source: dna August 25, 2017 17:26 UTC