NEW DELHI, Jan 6: The Coalition of GM-free India, a group of NGOs opposing genetically modified crops, on Friday released a report alleging “violations” in the evaluation and approval of GM mustard, including non-participation of health experts in appraisal. There was no immediate response from the environment ministry on the report. In October, the environment ministry allowed the environmental release of the Dhara Mustard Hybrid (DMH-11) developed by Delhi University for its seed production and testing before its commercial release. […]
It did not sow at other two places since the matter was listed for hearing on November 3, he said.Besides for field trials, 600 grams of seeds were already sown in two demonstration plots, he added.According to Rai, the planting of DMH-11 seeds was undertaken following a direction from the ICAR, headquartered in the national capital.
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Bumper mustard yield could touch 120 lakh tonne this year
Fri, Feb 19 2021 15:36 IST |
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Bumper mustard yield could touch 120 lakh tonne this year. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Feb 19 : The campaign Mustard Mission , which has been launched to increase the mustard yields, has proved to be effective for the major oilseed crop of the Rabi season this year. According to a senior Central government official, the production of mustard could reach close to 120 lakh tonne this year.
The second advance estimate of the current crop year 2020-21 (July-June) has not yet been released by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, but officials of the Ministry of Agriculture say that this time farmers of the country have shown lot of interest in engaging in mustard farming. The Central government has also worked as a mission in this direction, so that the production which was normally nearly 90 lakh tonne can go up to 120 lakh tonne this year.