The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee is constituted under the

The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) is a statutory body constituted under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, and functions under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to regulate the use, manufacture, and import of genetically engineered organisms. While Option (a) is a common distractor because it deals with food safety, the GEAC specifically focuses on environmental biosafety and the release of GMOs, whereas the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, regulates GM foods only after they have been cleared for environmental safety. The core concept tested is the legal and institutional framework governing biosafety and Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in India.