Recently Jayanti Natarajan, Minister, Environment Minister, resigned from the Cabinet citing to take more party activity in the oncoming general elections. But the real reason is understood by all that the delay in clearance of environmental clearance for projects is the real reason.As in the case of Jairam Ramesh, former Environment Minister who took a stiff position on these clearances, Jayanti Natarajan was also following suit.
The new minister for Environment, Veerappa Moily, is acting fast and is understood to give early clearance to the GM (Genetically Motivated) Crops, which are questioned by the farmers and the environmentalists in the country. The new decision will benefit MNCs like Monsanto and others. The UPA II government, in the last leg of their five year rule is determined to support the MNCs and Indian agriculture lobbies, so that it will benefit them mobilising funds for the coming general elections. This process of starting tests on the GM crops is strongly supported by the PMO as also Sharad Pawar, Agricultural Minister, who himself is a part of the Agricultural lobby.