Food Manufacturing 2023

  Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday said farmers are the backbone of a rising India and also credited industry with driving the agriculture sector into a "new trajectory"."Bharat is on the rise as never before. It is a global recognition. And in this rise, farmers are the backbone," he said in his inaugural address at the 15th edition of the agriculture and food technology fair organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here. The vice president said the commitment of  .. The vice president said the commitment of the industry to drive the agriculture sector on a novel trajectory is commendable, welcome and needs to be taken to higher stages of execution. Calling the theme of the fair -- Digital Transformation for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security -- an apt one, he said its relevance can never be over emphasized. "It is the farmer who needs to be well informed so that he adopts economically sustainable measures," he said....

  The Union Environment Ministry on Saturday rebutted the claims made by activists that statutory regulations were violated during the appraisal and approval of GM mustard in India, saying the product was conditionally cleared only after stakeholder consultation. The Coalition of GM-free India, a group of NGOs opposing genetically modified crops, had on Friday released a report alleging that no (independent) health expert ever participated in GM mustard appraisal. The conditional environmental release of GM mustard has been granted after stakeholder consultations as prescribed in the Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) guidance documents (Guidelines for the ERA of Genetically Engineered Plants, Risk Analysis Framework, Stakeholder's guide) of 2016. The conditional approval for environmental release is subject to the clearance from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India," it said.