Has India's outlook towards GM changed or is it just a flash in the pan?

Quick decision-making has pumped up the scientific community, particularly for those who work in the field of agriculture sciences

In the last few months, India has made some path-breaking moves towards decluttering its agriculture research and innovation scenario.

First, it allowed some types of genome-edited crops to get an easier regulatory pathway, following it up with the recent ‘environmental release’ of genetically engineered mustard, while there are already talks that another long-pending issue of approval for Htbt cotton could also get approved soon.

In between, the government provided much-needed clarity on the widely-used herbicide glyphosate, restricting its usage and limiting it to just pest control operators.

The last decision on glyphosate has although been widely criticized by the user