19.01.2010 | permalink
Three states which account for 60 per cent of brinjal production in the country have clearly told the Centre that they were not keen on introducing the genetically-modified version (Bt brinjal) in their fields. ”After West Bengal and Bihar, it is now Orissa Agriculture Minister who has written me a letter that they were opposed to the Bt brinjal,” Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said at the Editors’ Conference on social sector issues, here today.