NEW DELHI (Commodity Online): Even as the central government is assessing the policy on case by case basis, the Government of Kerala has today informed that they have taken a decision to prohibit environmental release of all Genetically Modified (GM) seeds and keep the state totally GM free.
The union minister of state for environment and forests, Jairam Ramesh today informed that house that a final view on the commercialization of GM plants is taken only when scientific studies establish that it is safe from the point of view of its long term impacts on human health and environment.
However, as agriculture is a state subject, it is the prerogative of the state governments to decide whether to adopt GM seeds or not in their commercial production.
