GM mustard gets regulator approval for field cultivation

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Category : Science and Tech Published on: October 29 2022

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The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) that functions under the Union Environment Ministry has yet again cleared the proposal for the commercial cultivation of genetically modified (GM) mustard.
It is the first genetically modified crop in the country to get approval in two decades.
The variety was indigenously developed by professor Deepak Pental, the then-vice chancellor of Delhi University, and his team.
The central government first gave the green signal for GM mustard in May 2017 after trials in Punjab Agricultural University and Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.

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GM mustard gets regulator approval for field cultivation