While hundreds of questions are being raised about the safety of genetically modified food because of lack of scientific evidence of its effects on the human body, the Gujarat government has given a no-objection certificate for open-air field trials of GM maize. [...] Government papers show that there was no need analysis done for the trials which are a violation of Environment Protection Act norms. The state agriculture minister, Dileep Sanghani, admitted that there is need for official permission from government bodies to carry out such trials. He has, however, expressed ignorance about the field trials of GM maize in the state.