GS-4RULE OF LAW VERSUS LIVELIHOOD - BIOSAFETY ENFORCEMENT
The Weeds Are Gone and So Is the Law: An Agriculture Officer's Dilemma Over Illegal HT Cotton
A study covering 16 hotspot districts in Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan found the herbicide-tolerant gene in 72.69% of field samples and the Vip3 gene in 53.74%. It also found that legal Bt cotton seed sales have fallen while glyphosate imports have risen 29%. Together, these findings point to a large and growing illegal GM seed economy that bypasses India's biosafety approval system.
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