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#GMO cotton: three Indian states refuse to say yes to field trials - regulator trying to pressure them downtoearth.org.in/news/agricultu…
Only Haryana has approved biosafety research trials of #GMO cotton hybrids out of the four states in which locations for such trials were chosen. Telangana and Gujarat have refused to give no objection certificates (NOC) for holding the trials & Maharashtra has not responded yet.
India's regulator (GEAC) is now pushing Maharashtra to respond and the other states to explain why they have refused to agree to the #GMO field trials. If the regulator gets no response within 30 days, it says it will "make appropriate recommendations". This sounds like coercion.
The GEAC also plans “sensitisation workshops” to train up the states & central govt on #GMO crops to enable informed decision-making. This sounds more like biased lobbying to try and ensure the states deliver the answers the regulator wants, says the Coalition for GM Free India.
India's #GMO regulator has long been at the centre of complaints about regulatory capture. In 2022 over 100 medical doctors pointed out how the GEAC had ignored the orders of India's Supreme Court and of the Central Information Commissioner gmwatch.org/en/106-news/la…

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