In a crucial development, the Supreme Court today (July 23) delivered a split verdict on petitions challenging the approval given by the Union Government to release genetically modified mustard.While Justice BV Nagarathna quashed the approval given by the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee and the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Justice Sanjay Karol upheld the same. – The Supreme Court Issues a Split Decision Regarding the Challenge to Approval for the Cultivation of Genetically Modified Mustard
Information:– This was the GEAC’s second major push to introduce GM mustard as the first GM crop that is meant for human consumption. Bacillus thuringiensis cotton (or Bt cotton) is the only GM crop that has been approved for cultivation in India so far.
Hybrid seed production technology using genetic engineering techniques in mustard (commonly referred to as GM mustard) was approved for environmental release in India by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India on October 25, 2022.
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