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2006-12-05 |

Indian Government has no plans to ban Bt cotton: Bhuria

The Government has no plans of banning the genetically modified crops including Bt Cotton, Minister of State for Agriculture, Kanti Lal Bhuria, said. This announcement is expected to provide major relief to the Bt Cotton farmers, who are entitled to grow the transgenic crop on a commercial basis. In India, only genetically modified cotton has been approved by the designated authority, Genetic Engineering Approval Committee, for commerical cultivation.

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2006-12-05 |

Indian Government has no plans to ban Bt cotton: Bhuria

The Government has no plans of banning the genetically modified crops including Bt Cotton, Minister of State for Agriculture, Kanti Lal Bhuria, said. This announcement is expected to provide major relief to the Bt Cotton farmers, who are entitled to grow the transgenic crop on a commercial basis. In India, only genetically modified cotton has been approved by the designated authority, Genetic Engineering Approval Committee, for commerical cultivation.

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