03.10.2012 | permalink
Voicing its concern over 'unbridled' field tests of genetically modified crops in the country, civil society groups have asked the government to immediately put in place a legal framework on liability and redress. Claiming that the GM crops had put the nation at risk, the Coalition for GM-free India and Centre for Sustainable Agriculture said the firms introducing GM crops should be made liable for the damage their proprietary technology is causing to biodiversity.