Consider the following statements 1 The Bt technology was deployed in cotton crop through genetic en...........

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Consider the following statements:

1. The Bt technology was deployed in cotton crop through genetic engineering techniques for control of bollworms the major pest thereby reducing the risk of crop failures and use of pesticides

2. Bt cotton producing a natural insecticide that comes from the ubiquitous soil bacterium known as Bacillus thuringiensis was approved by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC)

3. Genetic Engineering Approval Committee is administered by the Union Ministry of Agriculture

4. The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the first international regulatory framework for safe transfer, handling and use of Living Modified Orgnaisms (LMOs) and India has acceded to the Bio Safety Protocol.

Which of the above sentence is/are correct?

1, 2 and 3 only

1, 3 and 4 only

1, 2 and 4 only

1, 2, 3 and 4

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Explanation:

Third statement is incorrect. Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) established under MoEFCC is the apex body to accord notified under Rules 1989. For approval of activities involving large scale use of hazardous microorganisms and recom¬binants in research and industrial production from the environ¬mental angle.
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity is an international agreement on biosafety as a supplement to the Convention on Biological Diversity effective since 2003.
The Biosafety Protocol seeks to protect biological diversity from the potential risks posed by genetically modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology.