Pawar asks CMs to allow GMO field trials

Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has asked Chief Ministers of various states to allow field trials of genetically modified crops under “strictest controls of bio-safety” so that progress of science is not blocked and “development of front line technology” continues.

“Any hasty decision to block the progress of science will have grave long term implications for our country, which will have to be borne by the next generation,” Pawar said in his letter dated October 11, a copy of which is available with Deccan Herald.