Union Agriculture Minister Shivaraj Singh Chouhan has asked the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) to expedite the research on whether arecanut is carcinogenic or not. The research team has been asked to submit a report within a time frame.
The Minister, who held a meeting with Union Ministers from Karnataka and representatives from arecanut-growing regions in the State, said that the ICAR had been asked to conduct the research in the light of the World Health Organisation’s statement that said that the arecanut was carcinogenic, which had caused confusion.
