Banana ripening

Use of calcium carbide  is banned by government of India for ripening bananas. According to Joint Secretary, Sanjay Chopra of Ministry of Agriculture, ethylene can be used for ripening the banana. He further stated that ethylene gas and ethaphom or etharol compound can be used for this process.

WHY NOT BT-BRINJAL ALLOWED FOR COMMERCIAL CULTIVATION?

Still Lot of Hope in Genetically Modified Foods in India

After a moratorium on the commercialization of Bt-Brinjal had announced by the Union Minister Jairam Ramesh,  it was assumed that there is very little scope of genetically modified crops in India.