New Delhi, March 4th, 2014: Activists from Greenpeace India along with members of Coalition for a GM Free India today registered a strong protest against the way the Union Minister of Environment and Forest, Veerappa Moily has taken the side … Continue reading
New Delhi, 27th Feb, 2014: Reacting to the news on approvals of numerous field trials of GM crops, including that of GM varities of staple crops like rice and wheat, by the Minister of Environment and Forests, Veerappa Moily, the … Continue reading
Coalition challenges the PM to prove that concerns about Bt Crops are prejudiced. New Delhi, 4thFeb, 2014: Reacting to the promotional statement on Genetically Modified crops by the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in his inaugural address at the Indian … Continue reading
New Delhi, 01/01/2014. To Shri.Veerappa Moily, Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Government of India. Dear Sir, Sub: Bringing to your attention concerns … Continue reading
Fact finding report shows failure in 18,000 hectares in Haveri and Davanagere Belgaum, 3rd December, 2013: Farmer Union leaders and GM Free Karnataka movement today demanded that the Government of Karnataka take punitive action against Mahyco, whose Bt cotton has … Continue reading
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE SOFT COPY OF “ADVERSE IMPACTS OF TRANSGENIC CROPS/FOODS – A COMPILATION OF SCIENTIFIC REFERENCES WITH ABSTRACTS” here. The debate around GMOs in our food, farming and environment has only been increasing over time, whether it is … Continue reading
Download the pdf version of this letter here. To: November 8th 2013 The Hon’ble Prime Minister, Government of India. Respected Sir, Sub: Request to accept the Final Report submitted by the Supreme Court-appointed Technical Expert Committee (TEC) on modern-biotechnology regulation … Continue reading
To: November 8th 2013 The Hon’ble Prime Minister, Government of India. Respected Sir, Sub: Request to accept the Final Report submitted by the Supreme Court-appointed Technical Expert Committee (TEC) on modern-biotechnology regulation Greetings. Never in the history of agriculture has … Continue reading
Coalition For a GM Free India urges Parliamentarians to stop the Agri Minister from misleading the Parliament and Nation New Delhi, 27th Aug 2013: Registering strong protest on the consistent false statements by the Union Agriculture Minister, Sharad Pawar, to … Continue reading
Following is a letter from the Coalition for a GM-Free India to India’s Agriculture Minister, Mr Sharad Pawar on the statements he made in an interview with CNN-IBN on GMOs, the Supreme Court TEC report etc. ———- Forwarded message ———- … Continue reading
Huge Assembly of Citizens Demand that GMOs and Monsanto Quit India, and BRAI Bill be Withdrawn: PM Manmohan Singh gifted with a “non-Monsanto” Indian flag New Delhi, August 8, 2013: Thousands of citizens from 20 states of India came together … Continue reading
The massive public debate and opposition to Genetically Modified crops will be touching a new high in the first week of the monsoon session of the Parliament with thousands of citizens from more than 18 states coming together at Jantar … Continue reading
You can download here the TEC final report, TEC final rpt covering ltr-jun 30 2013, the Corrigendum filed by the TEC and an Annexure to the final report. July 23rd 2013 To: Dr Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister, Government of India. Dear … Continue reading
Farmer groups, Political leaders and Civil society join hands to fight Monsanto’s “invasion” of our food and farming New Delhi, 25th June, 2013: The Coalition for a GM Free India along with various farmer unions, national political parties and diverse … Continue reading
Please send your objections/suggestions on BRAI Bill to Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Rajya Sabha before August 25th, 2013. Their advertisement on June 10th said: “Those desirous of submitting Memoranda to the Committee may send their written Memoranda either … Continue reading