The long wait for genetically modified (GM) brinjal to hit the market may be over this week as the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), the country’s biotechnology regulator, will meet tomorrow in New Delhi to take a decision on commercialising the crop.
The National Consumer Commission has held that commercial users cannot move against service providers for any deficiency in service under the Consumer Protection Act.
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today said about 300,000 acre of railway land would be used for different commercial purposes, including setting up medical colleges, IITs and other educational institutions, where 50 per cent seats would be reserved for the children of railway employees.
To meet the shortage of uranium for the Indian nuclear power industry, the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) today said all uranium mines discovered and explored so far by the Atomic Minerals Division of the department be commercialised.
Highlighting drawbacks in providing free power to farmers, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said government cannot continue to subsidise the economic and commercial use of water.
The conversion of agriculture lands along the national highways in Karnataka will not be permitted easily as the state government has decided to restrict the conversion of farm lands for commercial
Union textile minister Shankersinh Vaghela today cleared the decks for the commercial exploitation of seven textile mills out of the 25 owned by the National Textile Corproration (NTC) in Mumbai city.
Union textile minister Shankersinh Vaghela today cleared the decks for the commercial exploitation of seven textile mills out of the 25 owned by the National Textile Corproration (NTC) in Mumbai city.