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GM crops only after biosafety, socio-economic evaluation
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No 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 committee has also recommended that the environment ministry should examine the impact of GM crops on environment thoroughly, in consultation with all stakeholders so that the nation is very clear about all its probable effects before taking a call on the matter.
The remarks come after Indias 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.
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