India says No to Bt brinjal for now
India will not get its first genetically modified (GM) food for at least in 2010. In a major decision, overruling a regulatory approval, Indian government has decided not to permit commercial cultivation of the country’s first GM food product, a Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) brinjal (aubergine) variety, developed by global agri giant Monsanto’s Indian partner, Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company (Mahyco).