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29.01.2010 |

Indian States against hasty decision on Bt brinjal

Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has said that several State Chief Ministers have asked him not to take hasty decision on the commercial cultivation of BT brinjal. Talking to reporters here on the sidelines of a National Consultation Meet on Bt brinjal, Ramesh said: ”Chief ministers of states such as Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Kerala, Karnataka and Orissa have written to me that there is a need to conduct more experiments on Bt brinjal.”

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