Genetically modified (GM) mustard recently received the Centre’s environmental clearance. The approval received severe backlash, with the critics pointing out how little we know about the long-term effects of GM crops. The criticism raises the question, what should we want to know about GM crops?
Bt cotton was the first genetically modified (GM) crop that Government of India approved for commercial cultivation in 2002.
The next in line was Bt Brinjal, approved in 2009 by the biotechnology regulator Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC). The committee functions under the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
However, a technical expert committee (TEC) constituted by the Supreme Court of India imposed a 10-year moratorium on any commercial release of GM seeds.
— source downtoearth.org.in | Santosh Kr Verma, Gurpreet Singh , Nilachala Acharya | 27 Dec 2022