On September 13, 2010, the intention to create a Bor Tiger Reserve was announced by the then Minister of Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh.
Following concerns raised by some scientists, farmers and anti-GM activists, the government of India officially announced on 9 February 2010 that it needed more time before releasing Bt brinjal, with Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh saying that there is no overriding urgency to introduce Bt brinjal in India.
source = Jairam Ramesh, Environment Minister.
Jairam Ramesh, Minister of Rural Development, Government of India, Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Member of Parliament from the Congress Party and Rajagopal P. V., president of Ekta Parishad, made speeches.
Jairam Ramesh | Ramesh Srinivasan | Ramesh Kumar | Ramesh Chennithala | Ramesh Talwar | Ramesh Raskar | Ramesh Pandey | Ramesh Nagaraj Rao | Ramesh Menon | Ramesh Kumar Nibhoria | Ramesh Khanna | Ramesh Deo | Ramesh C. Deka | Ramesh Aravind | Jithan Ramesh |
In November 2009, Minister of Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh, in a letter to Anil Kakodkar, Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy (India) (DAE) and Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission of India (AEC), denied permission for the Department of Atomic Energy to set up the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) project at Singara in Nilgiris, as it falls in the buffer zone of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR).