The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to prohibit any environmental release, including field trials, of Genetically Modified Organisms. In a letter to Union Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh, Agriculture Minister Ramkrishna Kusmaria has strongly stated that due to insufficient research on their safety and impact on human beings and the environment, the State government has decided to ban field trials and release of GM crops in the State unless there ”is clear evidence of [their] safety, proven beyond doubt.”