In biotechnology, ethical issues have started arising in various societies. Objections are being raised to genetic modifications as the people, all over the world, feel that GM goods have acted in unethical ways. Such a manipulation of living organisms by the human beings can not go any more without regulation because several societies have started objecting to genetic modifications as they feel that GM foods have acted in unethical ways. In several instances protestors destroyed what they thought were fields of GM plants. The related problem was further enhanced when some agricultural companies started marketing GM crops that did not produce viable seeds. This has forced the farmers to purchase new seeds in each season. The only solution was to put some regulatory measures on these activities taking care of morality on such issues on one hand and the biological importance of these studies on the other. Thus an organisation aiming to regulate biotechnological activities was established by Indian Government named GEAC (Genetic Engineering Approval Committee). The aims and objectives of GEAC are–
(i) To persuit the use of GM organisms and their products for commerical applications.
(ii) To adopt producers for restriction, production, scale, import, export and application of GM organisms.
(iii) To approve for conduct of large scale field trails and release of transgenic crop in the environment.
The committee gave approval for cultivation of Bt cotton, the only commercially grown GM crop in India, in 2002.
