Article: MAHYCO hopeful of approval for Bt brinjal commercial release.

Article: Biotech regulator approves commercial release of ...
The Hindustan Times;  October 14, 2009 ;     599 words ... ... approved the commercialisation of genetically modified Bt brinjal. Bt Brinjal still needs the government's nod before its release in the market. If it gets the nod, Bt Brinjal will be the first genetically modified food in India ...

Article: Bt Brinjal to hit market, despite opposition.
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  June 12, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Bt Brinjal to hit market, despite ... Coimbatore, June 12 (PTI) BT brinjal - the first food crop ... based company. The BT Brinjal variety, awaiting central government clearance for commercial release, will be the first Fruit ...

Article: Panel to study report on Bt brinjal for approval
The Hindustan Times;  October 13, 2009 ;     675 words ... ... litigation against the Bt brinjal seed. The review committee ... clearance to produce the Bt brinjal seeds, had conducted ... the application for commercial release again in 2008. "The trials have proved that Bt brinjal is absolutely safe ...

Article: Furious farmers say MNCs are imposing Bt brinjal on ...
Mail Today (New Delhi, India);  November 5, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... proposal to release genetically modified Bt brinjal in the market, but the country's farmers ... genetically- modified ( GM) foods like Bt brinjal. Under the ' Jan Jagaran Abhiyan ... and health ministers. Farmers claimed Bt brinjal would contaminate traditional varieties ...

Article: Clearance from Ministry sought for introduction of Bt ...
United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India);  May 8, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Sharma today said after Bt cotton it is Bt brinjal which will bring in gene revolution in ... production.'' He said field trails of Bt brinjal were completed and the report about its ... said the first initiative to develop Bt brinjal began in 2000 and since then for the ...

Article: NGOs stage Bt Brinjal protest rally in Bhubaneswar
The Hindustan Times;  July 31, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... why is there the need for introducing Bt Brinjal. All of our original seeds will vanish ... the Government is going to approve Bt brinjal for large scale testing," said G John ... and elsewhere. "The introduction of BT brinjal seeds in the state is not good for the ...

Article: Bt brinjal to cut down cultivation cost, ensure ...
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  July 4, 2006 ;     583 words ...Bt brinjal to cut down cultivation cost, ensure high output ... and pesticide costs through insect- tolerant Bt brinjal seeds that are now under testing, said farm experts. The Bt brinjal is the result of a global Public Private Partnership ...