Lok Sabha Question No. 2730 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-01
Subject: Cultivation of GM Mustard
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: LALLU SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2730

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01/08/2017

## CULTIVATION OF GM MUSTARD

## 2730. SHRI LALLU SINGH:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f"k vkSj fdlku dY;k.k ea=h be pleased to state:

(a) whether the designated Regulators have permitted to grow GM mustard for commercial use and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether  the  agriculture  research  institute  have  carried  out  any  test  on  the production of the said GM product in the country;

(c) if so, the details thereof along with the names of the institution that carried out such tests;

- (d) the name of the institute which discovered the GM variety of mustard; and
- (e) whether the said institute is an indigenous institute?

## A N S W E R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f'k vkSj fdlku dY;k.k ea=ky; esa jkT; ea=h

## (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

(a) The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), the apex regulatory committee of the  Government  of  India,  in  its  133 rd meeting  held  on  11.05.2017 recommended  the  proposal  for  environmental  release  of  GM  Mustard  to  the Government of India for its final decision. The matter is under consideration of the Government.

(b) & (c): The Centre  for  Genetic  Manipulation  of  Crop  Plants  (CGMCP), University of Delhi has conducted following Confined Field Trials (CFTs) under the  overall  supervision  of  the  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  (ICAR)  Directorate of Rapeseed Mustard Research (DRMR), Bharatpur, Rajasthan.

| Trial                                | Period              | Name of the location                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|--------------------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Biosafety Research Level-I (BRL-I)   | 2010-11 and 2011-12 | 1. Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Kumher, Bharatpur, Rajasthan (under SKN Agriculture University, Jobner) 2. Agricultural Research Station, Navgaon, Alwar, Rajasthan (under SKN Agriculture University, Jobner) 3. Agricultural Research Station, Sriganganagar, Rajasthan (under Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner) |
| Biosafety Research Level-II (BRL-II) | 2014-15             | 1. ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 2. Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, Punjab 3. Regional Research Station, PAU, Bathinda, Punjab                                                                                                                                                                      |

Under these trials, observations on the phenotypic and agronomic characteristics, pollination behaviour and pollen viability and yield performance of the GM mustard hybrid DMH-11 were observed and recorded.

(d) & (e): The  GM  mustard  has  been  developed  by  the  Centre  for  Genetic Manipulation  of  Crop  Plants  (CGMCP),  a  department  of  University  of  Delhi, which is one of the central universities of the country.

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