To or Not to Cultivate BT Brinjal

There has been a lot of fuss of late on whether to cultivate bt brinjal or not.. Envir Min jairam ramesh has voiced apprehensions against the crop andsaid . careful, considered decision in the public and national interest would be made before Bt-brinjal was released.Agr Min Sharad pawar stood firm in his resolve to go ahead with commercially using BT Brinjal as it will prove advantage to the country and the farmers.
As social activists, environmental researchers and a section of the agricultural scientists point out, it is for the first time that a genetically modified vegetable is being permitted to go through the field trials without studying the pros and cons of introducing a vegetable carrying an alien genetic material which could be one of the contributing factors to the increasing incidence of infertility.
As per an official report of Andhra Pradesh Government on the performance of Bt.cotton in 2002—the first year of its commercialization—in North Telangana region the net income from Bt.varieties was lot more less that income generated from the local non Bt.varieties,it shows it is not that farmer friendly.

There are scientists who agree on cultivating BT Brinjal.biotech queen kiran mazumdar shaw insists on producing BT Brinjal.even scientists from punjab have said if farmers consult agricultural scientists on effective usage of pesticides then there won't be any problem.
They are claimed to give best value to the farmers developing high-yielding GM varieties that can be grown under water stress conditions with low production cost to be the biggest challenge of the next decade.wait till the government to give a clean chit or the debate is here to continue for a long time.