Putting aside all controversies surrounding GM crop
field trials in the country, Indian government said it is of the view that
research in GM and confined field trials for generating bio-safety data with
all due precautions should be allowed to continue in national interest.
‘As of date,
there is no ban on GM crop field trials neither by the Government nor the
Supreme Court,’ Environment minister Prakash Javadekar said in a written reply
in the Lok Sabha.
He said a Technical Expert Committee (TEC) was
constituted vide Supreme Court order to address issues related to genetically
modified crop field trials.
‘All experimental field trials are conducted as per
the stringent norms prescribed in the ‘Guidelines and Safety Operating
Practices for the Conduct of Confined Field Trials of Transgenic Plant, 2008’
which is as per international best practices,’ he added.
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