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Swadeshi movement, which ‘prefers the neighbourhood over the remote’, affects Indian government policy
Localise West Midlands 30 Jul 14

New Delhi Television online reports that t he Swadeshi Jagran Manch and a farmers’ organisation met India’s Environment Minister today to protest against the go-ahead given by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee on July 18 to field trials
of 15 GM crops, including rice, mustard, cotton, chickpea and brinjal. The Environment Minister, in a statement issued later by the SJM said “the decision about field trials of GM crops had been put…
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