Thursday, February 4, 2016

NEWS: Farmers’ body asks government to put GM mustard on hold

PTI | Feb 4, 2016, 06.41 PM IST
NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over Narendra Modi government's push for genetically modified mustard, a farmers' front on Thursday asked the Centre to float an "effective" regulatory mechanism to look into the crop's possible impact on biosafety and biodiversity.

All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), a farmers' wing of CPM, also asked the government to put on hold its meeting on Friday with Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), which is going to take a call on the GM mustard crop.

"AIKS calls upon the environment and forest ministry to put on hold the GEAC meeting and instead make serious efforts towards setting up an effective regulatory mechanism to look into transgenic and possible impact on biosafety and biodiversity," the AIKS said in a statement.

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