GM crop regulator okays commercial use of GM mustard

India's GM crop regulator today recommended the commercial use of genetically modified mustard in a submission to the environment ministry, a top ministry official said.

Though a section of environment activists has long opposed the use of GM mustard, the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), tasked with appraising GM crops, has given a positive recommendation to it, the official said.

GEAC, which is under the the ministry, reviewed a report of a sub-committee constituted to look at the safety angle.

The environment ministry has to now take a final call on this.

The GEAC has also put a number of conditions to the ministry while recommending its commercial use.

"The agenda of GM mustard came up in a meeting of the GEAC today. It has given a positive recommendation," the official told

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