Newly-appointed Science and Technology Minister S Jaipal Reddy has said that science was not clear yet on the issue of GM crops and it should not be treated as an ideological issue. Mr Reddy said this while talking to reporters in New Delhi. He said a panel of experts appointed by the Supreme Court had submitted an interim report on GM crops to the apex court recently. His remarks come in the wake of a statement earlier this month by Scientific Advisory Committee to the Prime Minister, headed by eminent scientist C N R Rao, favouring introduction of GM crops. The science panel had argued that technology had potential to transform Indian agriculture.