States, UTs told to form panel for Bt crop trial
The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that state governments and UTs have been instructed to constitute state biotechnology co-ordination committees (SBCC) and district level committees (DLC) to ensure safe field trials of genetically modified...
By Sanjay K Singh, TNN |
NEW DELHI: The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that state governments and UTs have been instructed to constitute state biotechnology co-ordination committees (SBCC) and district level committees (DLC) to ensure safe field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops.
In an affidavit filed in the apex court, the ministry of environment and forests said the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee chairman has, on September 3, instructed the concerned chief secretaries to constitute SBCCs and DLCs.
State governments have been asked to instruct their department of agriculture and state agricultural universities to comply with the monitoring and reporting requirements in a timely manner, it added.
In order to ensure that the field trials of GM crops are conducted in a safe manner, the Centre has notified the monitoring cum evaluation committee (MEC), comprising multi disciplinary experts, to monitor and evaluate filed trials through state agricultural universities, the affidavit added.
In an affidavit filed in the apex court, the ministry of environment and forests said the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee chairman has, on September 3, instructed the concerned chief secretaries to constitute SBCCs and DLCs.
State governments have been asked to instruct their department of agriculture and state agricultural universities to comply with the monitoring and reporting requirements in a timely manner, it added.
In order to ensure that the field trials of GM crops are conducted in a safe manner, the Centre has notified the monitoring cum evaluation committee (MEC), comprising multi disciplinary experts, to monitor and evaluate filed trials through state agricultural universities, the affidavit added.
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