The The 65th Meeting of the Genetic
Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) was held on 2nd
May 2006 in the Ministry of Environment and Forests
under the Chairmanship of Shri B S Parsheera Additional
Secretary, MoEF and Chairman GEAC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS (Excerpts of relevance to seed professionals)
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A. PRESENTATIONS /
REPRESENTATIONS
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Presentation by M/s Mahyco on the
results of the biosafety studies conducted in
respect of stacked Cry X (Cry I Ac and Cry 2 Ab)
genes (event MON 15985) in cotton crop.
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Presentation by Central Organization
for Oil Industry and Trade, Cargill India and the
Solvent Extractors Association of India on the
import of GM Soybean oil from USA and South
America.
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Discussion on the representations
received from NGOs regarding irregularities in the
field trials of transgenic crops.
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Permission for export of Eggplant
transgenic seeds containing cry1 Ac gene to
Institute Of Plant Breeding, College Of Agriculture,
University of Philippines and Bangladesh Agriculture
Research Institute, Bangladesh by M/s Mahyco.
COMMERCIAL RELEASE IN CENTRAL ZONE
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Permission for commercial release of transgenic
cotton hybrids NCS 138 Bt containing Cry1 Ac
gene (MON 531 event)— by M/s Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd.
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Permission for commercial release of transgenic
cotton hybrids Tulasi-117 Bt containing Cry1 Ac
gene (MON 531 event) — by M/s Tulasi Seeds Ltd.
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Permission for commercial release of transgenic
cotton hybrids MRC-7301 BG II and MRC – 7326 BG
II containing stacked genes Cry1 Ac and Cry 2Ab (MON
15985 event)—BG-II by M/s Mahyco.
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Permission for commercial release of transgenic
cotton hybrids ACH-11-2 BGII containing stacked
genes Cry1 Ac and Cry 2Ab (MON 15985 event)—BG-II by
M/s Ajeet Seeds Ltd.
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Permission for commercial release of transgenic
cotton hybrids KDCHH-441 BGII, and KDCHH-621
BG II, containing stacked genes Cry1 Ac and Cry 2Ab
(event MON 15985)—BG-II by M/s Krishidhan Seeds
Ltd.
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Permission for commercial release of transgenic
cotton hybrid KDCHH-9810 Bt containing Cry 1Ac
gene (MON-531 event) by M/s Krishidhan Seeds Ltd.
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Permission for commercial release of transgenic
cotton hybrid NCS 913 containing Cry 1 Ac gene
(MON 531 event) by M/s Nuziveedu.
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Permission
for commercial release of transgenic cotton
hybrid NPH 2171 Bt containing Cry 1Ac gene
(MON-531 event) by M/s Prabhat Agri biotech Ltd.
LARGE SCALE TRIALS IN CENTRAL ZONE
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Permission for large scale trials
and seed production of transgenic cotton
hybrids Krishna BG, Chetna BG, Sudershan BG and
MLCH – 318 BG
containing Cry 1Ac gene ( MON 531
event)
by M/s Emergent Research India
Ltd.
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Permission for large scale trials and
seed production of transgenic cotton hybrids
Paras, Laxmi (HXB)
containing Cry 1Ac gene ( MON 531 event)
by M/s Emergent Research India Ltd.
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Permission for large scale trials and seed
production of transgenic cotton hybrids-
Rudra- Bt, PRCH-31 Bt, containing Cry 1Ac gene
(MON-531 event) by M/s Pravardhan Seeds.
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Permission for large scale trials and
seed production of transgenic cotton
hybrids-KDCHH- 9821 Bt and KDCHH-9632 Bt,
containing Cry 1Ac gene (MON-531 event) by M/s
Krishidhan Seeds Ltd.
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Permission for 2nd Year large scale
trials and seed production of transgenic cotton
hybrids-ACH-155-2 containing
stacked genes Cry 1Ac + Cry 2Ab gene ( MON 15985
event)
by M/s Ajeet Seeds.
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Permission for large scale trials and
seed production of transgenic cotton hybrids
Paras, Laxmi (HXB)
containing stacked genes Cry 1Ac + Cry 2Ab gene (
MON 15985 event)
by M/s Emergent Research India Ltd.
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Permission for large scale trials and
seed production of transgenic cotton hybrids
Chetna BG II, Atal BG II, MLCH – 315 BG II and
Brahma BG II
containing stacked genes Cry 1Ac + Cry 2Ab gene (
MON 15985 event)
by M/s Emergent Research India Ltd.
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Permission for large scale trials and
seed production of transgenic cotton hybrids
Dhruv Bt (ZCH – 50064), Polaris Bt (ZCH – 50081) and
K – 5038 Bt (ZCH-50067))
encoding fusion genes (cry 1Ab+Cry Ac) ‘ GFM
by M/s Zuari Seeds Ltd.
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Permission for large scale trials and
seed production of transgenic cotton
hybrids-Navkar-5 encoding)
encoding fusion genes (cry 1Ab+Cry Ac) ‘ GFM
by M/s Navkar Hybrid Seeds.
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Permission for large scale trials and
seed production of transgenic cotton hybrids
G-Cot Hybrid -8
encoding fusion genes (cry 1Ab+Cry Ac) ‘ GFM by
M/s Nath Seeds Ltd.
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Permission for large scale trials and
seed production of transgenic cotton hybrids
NHH- 44, Kashinath Bt
encoding fusion genes (cry 1Ab+Cry Ac) ‘ GFM by
M/s Nath Seeds Ltd.
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Permission for large scale trials and
seed production of transgenic cotton hybrids
JKCH –666 Bt, JKCH – 226 Bt, JKCH – 2301 Bt and JK -
Gowri
containing Cry 1Ac gene ( Event 1)
by M/s JK Agri Genetics.
LARGE SCALE TRIALS IN NORTH ZONE
LARGE SCALE TRIALS IN NORTH ZONE
REQUEST FOR SECOND YEAR LST IN THE CENTRAL ZONE
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