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Haryana’s experience shows Bt brinjal is safe. New govt should lift embargo

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Haryana has cultivated and consumed genetically modified brinjal for two years now, without government approval. That Bt brinjal and other GM crops are in our food chain for years without harm reaffirms what scientists have said: Bt crops are safe. The new government should lift the embargo and help farmers.

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2 COMMENTS

  1. By lunchtime on the 23rd – possibly a little later, because the VVPAT slips have to be counted – the contours of the next government will begin to be discernible. The bar for the incumbent is being raised. Gaining new allies like CM KCR, Shri Jagan, CM Naveen Patnaik, even the mercurial Ms Mayawati is looking a little implausible. 2. In the other camp, there will be an embarrassment of riches. Maybe not PM but everyone wants Petroleum and Natural Gas. The more adventurous might ask for Finance. It would be best for the top job to be decided by numbers, the Congress not taking things for granted. A test of sagacity for the Gandhi family.

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