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@@pam4840 by this logic, money, currency, coins, lottery, everything is wealth, depends on how you look at it :) Mendel for sure will commit suicide after seeing this scientific comment :P
I can Understand how much hard was that to explain this to viewers....other channels ignored even the TV media channels could not make it so they made just a headline about it and left the topic....but The Print took the challenge and....salute sir.
Thank you so much! This is the kind of episodes I look forward to in CTC. When even Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam could not convince activists that our nuclear plants are safe, I wondered whether these activists are being assured by something greener.
oil industry in cahoots with politicians and superstition industry, effectively scuttled the nuclear power generation industry, thereby punishing mankind for not permitting every child to go to school and read science.
Pretty casual thing to say after Chernobyl and Fukushima. The cost of development cannot be the destruction of future generations. Just remember this : One event of the scale of Chernobyl and most of India will become barren uninhabitable land for millenia.
@@EdilbertFernando Yes, whole of Ukraine is an uninhabitable wasteland now, right? And Japan is radioactive all the way till Hokkaido. This is nothing but fear mongering at its finest.
@@shiveshsingh3169 Tell that to the thousands who died and are dying from the fallout. Do you know how much crop productivity has dropped? The entire Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is not safe for human settlement for another 18000 years...let that sink in! The literature and research is available online. If some bald journo clown is gonna convince you then might as well put 100 reactors in New Delhi and light up the whole nation.
@@EdilbertFernando No one is denying the existence of the exclusion zone and the effect it has had. But it also represents the WORST case of nuclear meltdown. The Soviet Union was utterly incompetent in its operation even before the disaster, and was equally bad after the disaster itself. Japan on the other hand managed the situation FAR more adeptly and their reactors didn't go the Soviet way. Perhaps that would explain the significantly reduced damages to both humans and the surrounding. I am not saying that Nuclear Reactors should be the only way to power our world, but it is quite clearly one of the best ways to make energy transition happen with the least long term effects on human health on a wider scale. That would also mean that there should be absolutely strict safety and containment measures in place. No compromises on that. But blind rejection of nuclear power is plainly stupid. And btw, current reactors use Uranium, which is responsible the issues of radioactivity, but Thorium based reactors are far moe safer than Uranium ones and India has one of world's largest reserves of Thorium. The 3 stage nuclear policy also focuses on Thorium based plants. And lastly, your Original comment said how just _one_ bad accident would render _most_ of India uninhabitable. THAT'S the reason I said it was fear mongering, since the past events have shown how limited the impact of isolated accidents are in the wider context.
The way ThePrint editors work for their videos is marvelous.. Setting the tone, introduction of topic starting with an anecdote or a fact, bringing all the angles while narrating a topic, a very perfect future looking conclusion. Great!
Kudos to "Dr" Shekhar Gupta for a wonderful discourse on Mol. Genetics! Your sheer effort to touch such a topic & w/ this level of complexity is remarkable. It's very difficult to explain something simply but this is as good & close as we get! Whether its geopolitics w/ Kishor Mehbubani or Economics w/ Sanjeev Sanyal, I always refer to you as the Professor. The world has entered the Era of Genomics led Economy & Enterprise. The pandemic made it evident & Modi Govt decision wrt GM is brave, visionary & historic. The selfless & silent lifetime contribution of our scientists is truly inspirational and fills us w/ gratitude. My respect & sincere compliment to you & your team🙏
“I’m male, I’m female. Life is fun. Where is the problem.”😂 Shekhar ji wish you were our Biology professor in school. That was a fun explanation, haha!
Monsanto style hybridization that requires a commitment to monoculture, ever increasing use of fertilizer and high water requirements, have driven farmers of Punjab and haryana into heavy debt. The farmers of the South that rejected hybridization have native rice varieties that are less costly to grow and they don't need to buy seed every year either. This mustard may well not have these issues. But we shouldn't blindly accept tech as, just as we shouldn't blindly reject it.
@@ColtraneTaylor I guess the point you are making is that we have to look at this on a case by case basis. Agree. I don't know enough about gm mustard to answer you. However the point I was making is the you cannot make light of all concerns about tech. Some can be well founded. Better to keep an open mind.
I had to write a case study about mustard for my open electives... Couldn't get much information about GM Mustard and I was quite surprised that many went against it without proper research into it... I wished there was more research on its environmental impacts... Great episode!
GM should be rebranded as accelerated hybridization. You can get the same results as GM with natural crops, except it will take way way longer and several more generations.
@@libshastra As long as it doesn't effect public health issues it's okay. We lack R&D budget & continuous monitoring. Check the cattle recent Lumpy skin disease. No action & research on it.
@@surojeetchatterji9966 Lumpy skin disease is caused by a virus. That has nothing to do with genetically modified foods, which despite greater scientific and public scrutiny and oversight than non-GM foods, have shown no evidence of harm to humans more than non-GM counterparts. It doesn't even make sense from a molecular genetics point of view why they would to start with...
@@surojeetchatterji9966 safety is the least of my concerns. These labs test for harmful elements before the seeds are mass produced. The larger issue we should be worried about is license and copyright. Who should own the seeds? That's what we should be seeking answers for.
Dear Shekhar Ji. I loved the episode. Enjoyed watching it because of the energy that you displayed in explaining this complex issue. Many thanks for an excellent CTC
What a Pleasant surprise to see SG giving a slot and time for scientific subjects amidst rabble rousing politics on 24 / 7 basis in India ; General perception is , Scientists and Engineers in India shall loose their sheen on Indian Politics (or) take a flight overseas for achievements ; Kudos to the team which pursued a subject for 30 years to success ; No words of appreciation is suffice for this ; Best wishes for commercial trials ; A honey bee getting converted into a vulture shall be the bye-product and nothing to be worried about ; The Presentation by Prof SG gives hope for Scientists and engineers to pursue their carrier with vigor for major breakthrough that will help the society upon commercialisation ;
Excellent scientific explanation.. Even after knowing the technology before.. Shekhar really made it simple to understand, without missing any important Details. Highly recommended episode 👏
@@Kamamura2 That's true, but also, how do we recognize that the opponents of a technology are being unreasonable? There must be a better way than name-calling, but nothing seems to work. Example, when you do scientific experiments to prove safety (or discover dangers), the "activists" tear up the test plots. Or they make up stories. After almost twenty years of GMO cotton, the "activists" still claim that it is driving Indian farmers to commit suicide because of crop failures.
Thank you for such a wonderful explanation Guptaji, in the simplest language possible. As a biochemist, I'm just nitpicking here, but a Gene is not a protein - a gene contains instructions to create a unique protein.
Not all concerns with GM are unfounded. Monoculture and lack of diversity and hence resilience, the IP milked for money by in the 2 or 3 hybrid seed companies world wide are genuine concerns. Not all technology is bad, nor is all of it good. Glad to see Indian expertise in this important area. Let's hope we are sensible about it.
What you call monoculture was the most common way to grow crops for lifetimes before there were any genetically modified crops, before we even knew that genes were made of desoxyribonucleic acids. There is nothing about genetically modified crops that requires that they be grown in monocultures. Growing a lot of the same crop in one swath is more efficient as a means of mass production. But it does have its disadvantages. I'm sure you can explain them. A middle ground that farmers have taken for centuries is to grow two or three different crops, monoculture for each crop, but switching to another crop in another season.
Loved this CtC. A relief from usual politician's short sighted and selfish schemes and plots. It's good to see some of us are doing something productive, especially in this destructive climate. Reminded me of botany classes I took during my NEET preparations.❤️
Waoo....Gupta sir talking like a botanist.....geneticist.....plant breeder.....biotech.......would have loved to hear the politics aspect of plant breeding and GMOs!!!
DMH 11 (GM MUSTARD SEED)Which is produce by delhi university its harvest is less than dmh 4 or dmh 5 produce privately ,how this dmh11 can help to increase the production . Another reason it makes us dependent on usa as most of gm patents with them and they will claim it and same situation of 1960 depending on USA. Another you know cancer case in usa are due to this gm seeds many people in usa won court cases and had won.
@manjot India is importing so much Soybean, Maise, Corn and all other food items in India. Who is taking care that these are not GM ? We know for sure that tobacco causes cancer . How about ban on it first? Cigarette, Gutkha and what not should be banned right? But our government ban electric cigarette just to safeguard tobacco industry (Tax). One should understand that we Indian farmers has to compete with world for our products. Or atleast make India closed economy for food so that Indian farmers will have fair chance to survive.
Oh dear, what utter nonsense. The GM mustard is an innovation of India and it will mean India will be licensing its patents to others. Pental's mustard makes it possible for breeders to easily develop many varieties of mustard, a super valuable trait. As to the cancers caused by other GMO foods, that is curiously found only by people against GMO food to begin with. That makes me very suspicious. When people without a prior belief in the horribleness of GMO food try to reproduce that data, they fail. More generally, the United States grows and eats way more GMO food than any other country does, and keeps records of cases of cancer year by year. This was begun in 1975. The age adjusted incidence of cancer per 100,000 people in 1975 increased rather sharply year after year until 1992, then it began to decrease year after year, and over the entire time that GMO food has existed, total cancer rates have decreased rather steadily. The anti-GMO talking points routinely say that cancer rates are "exploding" which is simply not true at all.
Local crop developers can now grow more hybrid products like cotton etc . Plus , as you rightly commented India’s dependence upon huge oil imports every year . Oilseeds crops will need to increase giving the population rise especially within India . Please dedicate this episode to the brilliant Botanic scientist/ s of our Nation 🇮🇳
As long as it doesn't effect public health issues it's okay. We lack R&D budget & continuous monitoring. Check the cattle recent skin disease. No action & research on it.
@@surojeetchatterji9966 cattle sickness is world wide dear … fallacy to involve GM crops into it . India with its huge population and less land ought to have developed GM years ago ! Politics and local politicians placed GM into the back burner . Utterly sad
Super Duper explanation by SG ji, & congrats to plant Scientists. Hopefully , the parliament is told about our mounting edible oil imports compared to crude oil. We need to be self dependent on edible oils also.
Please also do a feature on agrotech start-ups. What areas are they working on. How will it transform Indian agriculture and life of farmers. Will farming with tech become a profitable career. Aquaponics and hydrophonic, organic farming et al.
Congratulations for presenting such a thorough Biotechnological issue to raise mustard yields. That is why people must join The Print for diverse issues being taken up by Shekhar.
Shekarji at 22:11 you said 50-60 crores for our project at 7 billion dollars but it is in fact much less at 70 million dollars. More Kudos to our scientists.
You are simply amazing Shekhar... it's so fresh to have you here... I haven't watched television since 2006... I never knew about you. You really give credit where it is due... that's why j love listening you
Thank you for introducing laypersons like myself to this aspect of research in botanical science which is crucial for food security of a huge country like India.
Six years is a long time and even now its just to do field trials. Its the same with projects in the defense sector, we took years to decide on the kind of drones we wanted and now even Turkey/Iran are ahead of us when we could have easily been ahead of the game in that sector. Government processes in India are almost designed to make sure nothing new ever gets done. Also, we get activism from left and right to oppose whatever the other sides governments try to do.
One thing i would like to know how the GM seeds will compare to nutrients from non-GMO or other GMs. Reason of GM is to modify some part to make it more sustainable and may also be resistant to diseases to improve mass producing.
We produce way too much wheat and rice while we simply don’t produce enough of green vegetables, fruits, meat, fish and other stuff. We should produce more of all this, if the prices go down and yield goes up while the producers will make more money the diet of 100s of millions of Indians will improve
Dear Shekhar Gupta You have presented wonderful note on this subject. But can you also give subsequent broad steps and further permissions required before actual cultivation starts with likely timeline for each milestone to cross .
Very interesting. Must appreciate Print must have done hard work to prepare this video. Very informative. One question comes to mind- 50% of edible oil in India is groundnut oil. Can genetically modified groundnut be produced?
To many people who are saying that who cares if China and USA are doing this we are exceptional Its not just about China or USA , India is not and should not an exception to what the world is already doing , having an independent thought process is good but its sheer stupidity to not look at the possibility of commercializing GM crops in India especially with climate change and the erratic seasonal rainfall patterns that it is inducing in global south including India. Being cautious is good but being extra cautious to the point of inaction and not doing anything and saying we are exceptional and why should we care about the world is stupidly of the highest order. We are in India already investing a lot in productivity improvemnts in agriculture via startups that are using big data to predict rainfall patterns and other important KPI for crops and fisheries so what we need to change is the source to make these efforts more foolproof
Thanks for this video Shekhar- makes sense. I take this opportunity to acknowledge that Swiminatha Ankalesaria Iyer had brought it up with a lot of vigour an data- but we don't seem to want to listen to reason!! Don't listen to me - listen to the experts!!
Though I am for advancements in agriculture, my point is why not have double blind studies on humans ? Why we have not had these studies till now . Just because d fiscal deficit is in excess of 18 billion US dollars, should we tread a shorter route?
As a Master of plant Genetics, I was disappointed by the state of Agriculture research and the activism which paints everyone of us as corporate stooges. We took this career to make a difference or else we could apply the same knowledge and would have been settled for live. Anyway that ship has sailed and I moved out of India now to follow my passion and get the respect we deserve to do our science.
Sir, do you realise though how much suffering our future generations will go through with these GMO's ? To be frank GMO's should be banned. Do not make common man a scapegoat by buying them into the idea of making country self reliant in oil production. Anything which is not in it's true form is not compatabile with humans and other living creatures and over next 30-50 years our future generations as to go through a lot of suffering not knowing what the real cause of their suffering is. I sincerely request Scientists and Prime Minister Modi to make decisions in the current time based on far thinking but not instincts.
Very good coverage SG and ThePrint!! Also, can’t help but notice the fact that a news such as this, fundamental and important, has 1/4 - 1/2 the comments/views compared to a CTC on politics!!! Sad, but that’s the reality we need to deal with. Guess, All important stuff happens silently, in the background.
Excellent overview Shekhar ji, as always. पर क्या सरसो तेल में झांझ रहेगा? I hope the qualities of the resulting high yield oil is comparable to traditional oil..
Very very refreshing episode SG sir, pls also do an episode on ancient paints tat were discovered in western ghats, bbc has covered it already but a de clutter from your side will be very interesting...hoping u take notice
GM can be used to produce cotton, sugar cane for making industrial fuel production etc. to enhance the economy. Don't use for edible oil or food. Oil seed can be produced for industrial purpose as lubricants and other non eateries essential materials.
Can you also ask them to confirm that it will not have any impact on human well-being, not in the present, but in the future.? 🤷🏾♂️ Like diabetes and imported cows milk. Or fertility and genetically engineered chicken.
India spends lot of foreign exchange on import of oil, Coconut oil is a good alternative for cooking oil presently used mainly in Kerala, other places not popular because of some concerns and social acceptability, All southern states beside eastern states grow coconut widely and farmers are struggling to get good prices , the farms are also have new disease and reduced yields, changed life style usage of this oils shall help farmers and reduced foreign flow, governments & Media should do something on this
No mention of cricket in your recent episodes? T20 WC is throwing lots of suprises as boundaries in Australia are bigger and thus giving ballers some courage to take on the batters, which we had missed for a long time in this format..
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Alpin keya hai
Grow Olive oil which is healthier than these unhealthy oils.
Small correction - Gene is not a protein. It is a DNA segment that produces a protein.
It's like saying God is in everything... Correct and wrong depends on how u look at it.
@@pam4840 Nope.
It’s better Sandhya Ramesh does these episodes.
@@pam4840 🤣🤣🤣 watson committed suicide after this
@@pam4840 by this logic, money, currency, coins, lottery, everything is wealth, depends on how you look at it :) Mendel for sure will commit suicide after seeing this scientific comment :P
I can Understand how much hard was that to explain this to viewers....other channels ignored even the TV media channels could not make it so they made just a headline about it and left the topic....but The Print took the challenge and....salute sir.
Thank you so much! This is the kind of episodes I look forward to in CTC. When even Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam could not convince activists that our nuclear plants are safe, I wondered whether these activists are being assured by something greener.
oil industry in cahoots with politicians and superstition industry, effectively scuttled the nuclear power generation industry, thereby punishing mankind for not permitting every child to go to school and read science.
Pretty casual thing to say after Chernobyl and Fukushima. The cost of development cannot be the destruction of future generations. Just remember this : One event of the scale of Chernobyl and most of India will become barren uninhabitable land for millenia.
@@EdilbertFernando Yes, whole of Ukraine is an uninhabitable wasteland now, right? And Japan is radioactive all the way till Hokkaido.
This is nothing but fear mongering at its finest.
@@shiveshsingh3169 Tell that to the thousands who died and are dying from the fallout. Do you know how much crop productivity has dropped? The entire Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is not safe for human settlement for another 18000 years...let that sink in! The literature and research is available online. If some bald journo clown is gonna convince you then might as well put 100 reactors in New Delhi and light up the whole nation.
@@EdilbertFernando No one is denying the existence of the exclusion zone and the effect it has had. But it also represents the WORST case of nuclear meltdown. The Soviet Union was utterly incompetent in its operation even before the disaster, and was equally bad after the disaster itself. Japan on the other hand managed the situation FAR more adeptly and their reactors didn't go the Soviet way. Perhaps that would explain the significantly reduced damages to both humans and the surrounding.
I am not saying that Nuclear Reactors should be the only way to power our world, but it is quite clearly one of the best ways to make energy transition happen with the least long term effects on human health on a wider scale. That would also mean that there should be absolutely strict safety and containment measures in place. No compromises on that. But blind rejection of nuclear power is plainly stupid. And btw, current reactors use Uranium, which is responsible the issues of radioactivity, but Thorium based reactors are far moe safer than Uranium ones and India has one of world's largest reserves of Thorium. The 3 stage nuclear policy also focuses on Thorium based plants.
And lastly, your Original comment said how just _one_ bad accident would render _most_ of India uninhabitable. THAT'S the reason I said it was fear mongering, since the past events have shown how limited the impact of isolated accidents are in the wider context.
These Doctors should be awarded India's highest honor to recognise their hard work
The way ThePrint editors work for their videos is marvelous..
Setting the tone, introduction of topic starting with an anecdote or a fact, bringing all the angles while narrating a topic, a very perfect future looking conclusion.
Great!
Dear Mantesh,
Thank your for your kind words.
Kudos to "Dr" Shekhar Gupta for a wonderful discourse on Mol. Genetics! Your sheer effort to touch such a topic & w/ this level of complexity is remarkable. It's very difficult to explain something simply but this is as good & close as we get! Whether its geopolitics w/ Kishor Mehbubani or Economics w/ Sanjeev Sanyal, I always refer to you as the Professor. The world has entered the Era of Genomics led Economy & Enterprise. The pandemic made it evident & Modi Govt decision wrt GM is brave, visionary & historic. The selfless & silent lifetime contribution of our scientists is truly inspirational and fills us w/ gratitude. My respect & sincere compliment to you & your team🙏
“I’m male, I’m female. Life is fun. Where is the problem.”😂
Shekhar ji wish you were our Biology professor in school. That was a fun explanation, haha!
Monsanto style hybridization that requires a commitment to monoculture, ever increasing use of fertilizer and high water requirements, have driven farmers of Punjab and haryana into heavy debt. The farmers of the South that rejected hybridization have native rice varieties that are less costly to grow and they don't need to buy seed every year either. This mustard may well not have these issues. But we shouldn't blindly accept tech as, just as we shouldn't blindly reject it.
I agree, but what's your conclusion about these GM mustard seeds?
@@ColtraneTaylor I guess the point you are making is that we have to look at this on a case by case basis. Agree. I don't know enough about gm mustard to answer you. However the point I was making is the you cannot make light of all concerns about tech. Some can be well founded. Better to keep an open mind.
I had to write a case study about mustard for my open electives... Couldn't get much information about GM Mustard and I was quite surprised that many went against it without proper research into it...
I wished there was more research on its environmental impacts...
Great episode!
GM should be rebranded as accelerated hybridization. You can get the same results as GM with natural crops, except it will take way way longer and several more generations.
Too complex for laymen like me 😅
@@tapemaj basically plant breeding is called hybridization.
@@libshastra
As long as it doesn't effect public health issues it's okay. We lack R&D budget & continuous monitoring. Check the cattle recent Lumpy skin disease. No action & research on it.
@@surojeetchatterji9966 Lumpy skin disease is caused by a virus. That has nothing to do with genetically modified foods, which despite greater scientific and public scrutiny and oversight than non-GM foods, have shown no evidence of harm to humans more than non-GM counterparts. It doesn't even make sense from a molecular genetics point of view why they would to start with...
@@surojeetchatterji9966 safety is the least of my concerns. These labs test for harmful elements before the seeds are mass produced. The larger issue we should be worried about is license and copyright. Who should own the seeds? That's what we should be seeking answers for.
Dear Shekhar Ji.
I loved the episode. Enjoyed watching it because of the energy that you displayed in explaining this complex issue.
Many thanks for an excellent CTC
Dear Harvinder,
Thank you for your support and kind words of appreciation.
What a Pleasant surprise to see SG giving a slot and time for scientific subjects amidst rabble rousing politics on 24 / 7 basis in India ; General perception is , Scientists and Engineers in India shall loose their sheen on Indian Politics (or) take a flight overseas for achievements ; Kudos to the team which pursued a subject for 30 years to success ; No words of appreciation is suffice for this ; Best wishes for commercial trials ; A honey bee getting converted into a vulture shall be the bye-product and nothing to be worried about ; The Presentation by Prof SG gives hope for Scientists and engineers to pursue their carrier with vigor for major breakthrough that will help the society upon commercialisation ;
Excellent scientific explanation.. Even after knowing the technology before.. Shekhar really made it simple to understand, without missing any important Details. Highly recommended episode 👏
Calling your opponents "ludites" and blindly believing that GM products will be "just fine" is not scientific.
@@Kamamura2 That's true, but also, how do we recognize that the opponents of a technology are being unreasonable? There must be a better way than name-calling, but nothing seems to work. Example, when you do scientific experiments to prove safety (or discover dangers), the "activists" tear up the test plots. Or they make up stories. After almost twenty years of GMO cotton, the "activists" still claim that it is driving Indian farmers to commit suicide because of crop failures.
Thank you for such a wonderful explanation Guptaji, in the simplest language possible. As a biochemist, I'm just nitpicking here, but a Gene is not a protein - a gene contains instructions to create a unique protein.
Very different from other CTC episodes. A breadth of fresh air. Educational and informative. Thankyou
Yes, stuff for students taking competitive exams.
Breath*
Not all concerns with GM are unfounded. Monoculture and lack of diversity and hence resilience, the IP milked for money by in the 2 or 3 hybrid seed companies world wide are genuine concerns. Not all technology is bad, nor is all of it good. Glad to see Indian expertise in this important area. Let's hope we are sensible about it.
What you call monoculture was the most common way to grow crops for lifetimes before there were any genetically modified crops, before we even knew that genes were made of desoxyribonucleic acids. There is nothing about genetically modified crops that requires that they be grown in monocultures.
Growing a lot of the same crop in one swath is more efficient as a means of mass production. But it does have its disadvantages. I'm sure you can explain them. A middle ground that farmers have taken for centuries is to grow two or three different crops, monoculture for each crop, but switching to another crop in another season.
Finally a reason to be happy in Indian Agritech
Loved this CtC. A relief from usual politician's short sighted and selfish schemes and plots. It's good to see some of us are doing something productive, especially in this destructive climate. Reminded me of botany classes I took during my NEET preparations.❤️
I studying agriculture science.Need more episodes like this ❤️
Waoo....Gupta sir talking like a botanist.....geneticist.....plant breeder.....biotech.......would have loved to hear the politics aspect of plant breeding and GMOs!!!
DMH 11 (GM MUSTARD SEED)Which is produce by delhi university its harvest is less than dmh 4 or dmh 5 produce privately ,how this dmh11 can help to increase the production . Another reason it makes us dependent on usa as most of gm patents with them and they will claim it and same situation of 1960 depending on USA. Another you know cancer case in usa are due to this gm seeds many people in usa won court cases and had won.
@manjot
India is importing so much Soybean, Maise, Corn and all other food items in India.
Who is taking care that these are not GM ?
We know for sure that tobacco causes cancer . How about ban on it first?
Cigarette, Gutkha and what not should be banned right?
But our government ban electric cigarette just to safeguard tobacco industry (Tax).
One should understand that we Indian farmers has to compete with world for our products.
Or atleast make India closed economy for food so that Indian farmers will have fair chance to survive.
Oh dear, what utter nonsense. The GM mustard is an innovation of India and it will mean India will be licensing its patents to others. Pental's mustard makes it possible for breeders to easily develop many varieties of mustard, a super valuable trait.
As to the cancers caused by other GMO foods, that is curiously found only by people against GMO food to begin with. That makes me very suspicious. When people without a prior belief in the horribleness of GMO food try to reproduce that data, they fail. More generally, the United States grows and eats way more GMO food than any other country does, and keeps records of cases of cancer year by year. This was begun in 1975. The age adjusted incidence of cancer per 100,000 people in 1975 increased rather sharply year after year until 1992, then it began to decrease year after year, and over the entire time that GMO food has existed, total cancer rates have decreased rather steadily. The anti-GMO talking points routinely say that cancer rates are "exploding" which is simply not true at all.
Local crop developers can now grow more hybrid products like cotton etc .
Plus , as you rightly commented India’s dependence upon huge oil imports every year .
Oilseeds crops will need to increase giving the population rise especially within India .
Please dedicate this episode to the brilliant Botanic scientist/ s of our Nation 🇮🇳
As long as it doesn't effect public health issues it's okay. We lack R&D budget & continuous monitoring. Check the cattle recent skin disease. No action & research on it.
@@surojeetchatterji9966 cattle sickness is world wide dear … fallacy to involve GM crops into it .
India with its huge population and less land ought to have developed GM years ago !
Politics and local politicians placed GM into the back burner .
Utterly sad
Super Duper explanation by SG ji, & congrats to plant Scientists. Hopefully , the parliament is told about our mounting edible oil imports compared to crude oil. We need to be self dependent on edible oils also.
Please also do a feature on agrotech start-ups. What areas are they working on. How will it transform Indian agriculture and life of farmers. Will farming with tech become a profitable career. Aquaponics and hydrophonic, organic farming et al.
Excellent coverage. I prefer this Mr.Gupta than the political analyst !
Ultimately SG had good words for Government Employees
👍! Credit- Modi Govt on reviewing stagnated Agricultural output. As a stake holder it’s ✌️of 🇮🇳science & Dr.Deepak ..
Congratulations for presenting such a thorough Biotechnological issue to raise mustard yields. That is why people must join The Print for diverse issues being taken up by Shekhar.
Shekarji at 22:11 you said 50-60 crores for our project at 7 billion dollars but it is in fact much less at 70 million dollars. More Kudos to our scientists.
Thanks for explaining this in such simple language. And thanks for wandering into this unusual topic for your column.
You are simply amazing Shekhar... it's so fresh to have you here... I haven't watched television since 2006... I never knew about you. You really give credit where it is due... that's why j love listening you
Dear friend,
Thank you for your kind words of appreciation.
One more great achievement by our scientific community. Jai hind.
And thanks ThePrint for bringing this news to us.great episode.
Shekharji flicked the switch. Went from uncle to Professor! Bravo.
Thank you for introducing laypersons like myself to this aspect of research in botanical science which is crucial for food security of a huge country like India.
Six years is a long time and even now its just to do field trials. Its the same with projects in the defense sector, we took years to decide on the kind of drones we wanted and now even Turkey/Iran are ahead of us when we could have easily been ahead of the game in that sector. Government processes in India are almost designed to make sure nothing new ever gets done. Also, we get activism from left and right to oppose whatever the other sides governments try to do.
what a lucid explanation for such a technical topic....must watch!!
Kudos SG for discussing science and agriculture here.
I was looking for such kind of explanation!! So easy to understand with some fun examples!! Thank you very very veryyy much!!!
Wow; lot of studies got into this presentation. Well done sir with simplifying such a complex science
What a way of explaining such a complex thing!
Marrying the plants, sounds very very interesting!
One of the most important lesson here is respect the bees.
Thank you so much. One of the best videos of print . Simplified the topic .
One thing i would like to know how the GM seeds will compare to nutrients from non-GMO or other GMs. Reason of GM is to modify some part to make it more sustainable and may also be resistant to diseases to improve mass producing.
Coconut, Sesame also we can make a lot.
Good initiative finally 👏
Well done, one of the best and simple explanations out there on GM mustard.
A very good script. Very good effort to give understanding of the issue. Hope activists also understand it. Best wishes
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We produce way too much wheat and rice while we simply don’t produce enough of green vegetables, fruits, meat, fish and other stuff. We should produce more of all this, if the prices go down and yield goes up while the producers will make more money the diet of 100s of millions of Indians will improve
Yep
Dear Shekhar Gupta
You have presented wonderful note on this subject.
But can you also give subsequent broad steps and further permissions required before actual cultivation starts with likely timeline for each milestone to cross .
Probably finest episode, you become great professor
Very interesting. Must appreciate Print must have done hard work to prepare this video. Very informative. One question comes to mind- 50% of edible oil in India is groundnut oil. Can genetically modified groundnut be produced?
Thank you SG for sharing something so interesting and very useful to the nation. Unfortunately, good news is no news, only bad news sells.
Wow! These guys worked on modest govt salaries to give the country a better yielding variety, if this is not working for the country, what is?
Thought provoking lecture, thank you so much sir
Great effort explaining
To many people who are saying that who cares if China and USA are doing this we are exceptional Its not just about China or USA , India is not and should not an exception to what the world is already doing , having an independent thought process is good but its sheer stupidity to not look at the possibility of commercializing GM crops in India especially with climate change and the erratic seasonal rainfall patterns that it is inducing in global south including India.
Being cautious is good but being extra cautious to the point of inaction and not doing anything and saying we are exceptional and why should we care about the world is stupidly of the highest order.
We are in India already investing a lot in productivity improvemnts in agriculture via startups that are using big data to predict rainfall patterns and other important KPI for crops and fisheries so what we need to change is the source to make these efforts more foolproof
A informative video of the day
Every minute of this video is informative/entertaining
I cant believe that I just heard Shekhar Gupta explain the birds and the bees. 🐝🐦🌾
Very informative !
Truly unsung heroes these scientists
❤ thank you very much SGSir
Thanks for this video Shekhar- makes sense. I take this opportunity to acknowledge that Swiminatha Ankalesaria Iyer had brought it up with a lot of vigour an data- but we don't seem to want to listen to reason!! Don't listen to me - listen to the experts!!
Are seeds available? Where can I get them to plant them in my fields?
Though I am for advancements in agriculture, my point is why not have double blind studies on humans ? Why we have not had these studies till now . Just because d fiscal deficit is in excess of 18 billion US dollars, should we tread a shorter route?
Yes, just like pharmaceutical companies 've 2 've extensive research n stringent guidelines n permission b4 a new drug may be marketed !
India as already importing lot of canola oil from Canada, which is nothing but GM canola. We have been eating GM soybean oil, Canola oil since decades
As a Master of plant Genetics, I was disappointed by the state of Agriculture research and the activism which paints everyone of us as corporate stooges. We took this career to make a difference or else we could apply the same knowledge and would have been settled for live. Anyway that ship has sailed and I moved out of India now to follow my passion and get the respect we deserve to do our science.
Sir, do you realise though how much suffering our future generations will go through with these GMO's ? To be frank GMO's should be banned. Do not make common man a scapegoat by buying them into the idea of making country self reliant in oil production. Anything which is not in it's true form is not compatabile with humans and other living creatures and over next 30-50 years our future generations as to go through a lot of suffering not knowing what the real cause of their suffering is. I sincerely request Scientists and Prime Minister Modi to make decisions in the current time based on far thinking but not instincts.
great article and explanation. Obviously these kinds of things can not be run on mainstream new as people are looking for masala and chat.
Very informative and in simple language. Great 👍🏽
Thanks you sir, we owe our scientists
Very good coverage SG and ThePrint!!
Also, can’t help but notice the fact that a news such as this, fundamental and important, has 1/4 - 1/2 the comments/views compared to a CTC on politics!!!
Sad, but that’s the reality we need to deal with. Guess, All important stuff happens silently, in the background.
Interesting and informative presentation about genetic engineering and specific features of mustard plant in simple language.
Well Explained! Keep at it SG !
Excellent topic & episode! Thank you
Thanks for your support!
Need more episodes like this Shekhar Ji
Excellent overview Shekhar ji, as always. पर क्या सरसो तेल में झांझ रहेगा? I hope the qualities of the resulting high yield oil is comparable to traditional oil..
Is it me or there is actually no audio in this upload?
I can hear it
Working for me too now. Otherwise across devices it had an issue for me.
Happens when upload is still happening
@@rutvikrs oh! Dint know that, learnt something today. Thanks.
Good informative video .. Thanks
Approval too late mustard sowing season has already passed in Raj, MP, Gujarat
Already import contract of edible oil has been done for next season as well.
Excellent Explanation on genetic modification in plants. Would it not be wise to introduce if we are into food crisis.
Wasn't there big roar raised by some parties when Jayaram Ramesh tried to introduce BT vegetables?
very well covered!!
Very very refreshing episode SG sir, pls also do an episode on ancient paints tat were discovered in western ghats, bbc has covered it already but a de clutter from your side will be very interesting...hoping u take notice
Vital videos...! 😊
Where is the sound?
India should stop fighting shy of GM Crops. With fast growing population, traditional Indian agriculture can’t continue to provide food security .
GM can be used to produce cotton, sugar cane for making industrial fuel production etc. to enhance the economy. Don't use for edible oil or food. Oil seed can be produced for industrial purpose as lubricants and other non eateries essential materials.
can you do a story on Bt brinjal and its failure in India
V good explanation..more genetically improved seeds be started in dua.. specially oilseeds..to stop foreign exchange flow
It was really fun way to explain.... 😂😂♥️
Can you also ask them to confirm that it will not have any impact on human well-being, not in the present, but in the future.? 🤷🏾♂️
Like diabetes and imported cows milk. Or fertility and genetically engineered chicken.
Shekhar:
combine - Nope
Attach - Nope
Marriage - Noooooo
Impregnate - yes 😂
Needed to stop the plant's 'self-indulgent fun'. Hilarious analogy. 🤣
well explained
India spends lot of foreign exchange on import of oil, Coconut oil is a good alternative for cooking oil presently used mainly in Kerala, other places not popular because of some concerns and social acceptability, All southern states beside eastern states grow coconut widely and farmers are struggling to get good prices , the farms are also have new disease and reduced yields, changed life style usage of this oils shall help farmers and reduced foreign flow, governments & Media should do something on this
No mention of cricket in your recent episodes? T20 WC is throwing lots of suprises as boundaries in Australia are bigger and thus giving ballers some courage to take on the batters, which we had missed for a long time in this format..
No need to discuss game of slaves, need to focus on Olympic sports
Guptaji, your botany training is coming through in the video today! 😄
Haha! Hope you liked it?
@@ThePrintIndia Certainly!
Fantastic
Bees don't suck sap from mustard plants, they suck nectar from the flowers 😄