New Delhi, India
March 22, 2007
Source:
USDA/FAS GAIN Report IN 7025
The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) has
withheld any fresh approval of Bt cotton for commercial
cultivation in the coming summer season.
A senior GEAC official has
reported that no new Bt cotton hybrids are being approved, as
the matter has not yet been judicially decided in the Supreme
Court.
The next hearing is expected on
April 16, 2007. A public interest litigation filed in the apex
court led to denial of any fresh approval for field trials of
any biotech crop. However, the field trials of biotech
mustard/rapeseed were given special exemption.
The GEAC had also given its
approval for the renewal of its permission for commercial
cultivation of 8 Bt cotton hybrids for three years.
Source: The Financial Express,
03/15/07 via USDA/FAS GAIN Report IN 7025
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