India, July 27 -- Agricultural scientists, policymakers and industry representatives have called for a comprehensive overhaul of India's regulatory framework for genetically modified (GM) and genome-edited (GE) crops, arguing that faster, science-based approvals are essential to improve climate resilience, food security and farm productivity, a release by the agriculture ministry read Sunday.

The recommendations emerged from a high-level roundtable organised by the Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS), in collaboration with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSII), "which brought together more than 80 experts to discuss reforms in the regulation of GM and GE c...