ABLE-AG Makes A Plea For Early Meeting Of GEAC
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 31
No. 6,
June 2011
Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) is constituted in the ministry of environment and forests under the Environment Protection Act, 1986.
In a letter written to Ramesh, ABLE-AG, an industry body representing 14 leading agricultural biotechnology companies, drew attention of the minister towards pending approvals of field trial of biotech crops by GEAC.
"There was no meeting of GEAC in April, 2011 and field trial agenda for May meeting was not deliberated. We have learnt that GEAC would not meet in June, 2011 and thus the industry can't begin the field experiments until decision in taken in the July meeting of the body", the letter, a copy of which has been made available to media, said. Read the full report here.
Source: Times of India, New Delhi.
