In February 2010, the Indian government placed an indefinite moratorium on the commercial release of Bt brinjal. His decision to reject the commercialisation of Bt brinjal was supported by advice from renowned international scientists. He added that without any management of resistance evolution, Bt brinjal is projected to fail in 4-12 years.”And that is what we have witnessed with Bt cotton. India’s first and only legal GM crop cultivation – Bt cotton – was discovered in 2001 growing on thousands of hectares in Gujarat. She argues that that ‘Satyagraha’ is being degraded and misused: the planting of illegal Bt brinjal is a crime that violates India’s Biodiversity Act.