BT Brinjal

In 2006, Maharashtra Hybird Seeds Company submitted biosafety and

efficacy data to the GEAC and applied for permission to conduct largescale trials
At the same time SC imposed a ban on the on-going field trials
An expert committee was constituted by GEAC to look into the concerns
raised by several civil society actors
SC later lifted the ban on field trials
After a series of reviews the environment ministry declared a moratorium
on Bt Brinjal in Feb 2010

Risk assessment

Civil society has demanded that the science of risk assessment be made
rigourous, independent and peer-reviewed