date:May 14, 2019
Days after two laboratories confirmed illegal Bt brinjal (genetically modified eggplant) cultivation in the Indian state of Haryana, Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan has received a legal notice on the government's failure to curb commercial farming of the genetically modified eggplants.
The notice sent by Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan comes in the wake of two sets of independent tests confirming presence of genetically engineered Bt brinjal in the fields of at least one farmer i