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BRIEFING PAPERS The Coalition for a GM-Free India, after putting out a Briefing Paper on Delhi University's GM Mustard in June 2015 has now revised it based on RTI information received. You can download a Revised Briefing Paper (July 2015) in english here. A hindi version of the briefing paper is available here: ... 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 in policy circles or in the scientific world, or as a public debate. ... Continue Reading

Coalition notes that Centre is not rushing headlong into GM mustard environmental release: “We need responsible science to prevail given solid evidence against GM mustard”   New Delhi, September 15th 2017: Reacting to the Government of India’s statement in the Supreme Court of India today that it is yet to take a ... Continue Reading

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: GM Free India <indiagmfree@gmail.com> Date: 11 September 2017 at 14:17 Subject: Response to NAAS's report "Falsehoods perpetrated by GM technology bashers on GM mustard" To: naas@vsnl.com Cc: panjabsingh03@yahoo.com, drhrshvardhan@gmail.com, ps2mefcc@gov.in Dear NAAS scientists, Please find pasted below, and attached a response from the Coalition for a GM-Free India, to your report flashing ... Continue Reading

  New Delhi, August 31st 2017: At a time when the highly-controversial and hazardous transgenic technology is sought to be applied to Mustard, citing India’s edible oil import crisis, farmers from a few states came to the national capital to present from first-hand experience how rapeseed-mustard yields can be boosted substantially, ... Continue Reading

New Delhi, August 26th 2017: Reacting to the 301st report of the Parliamentary Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests headed by Ms Renuka Chowdhury on GM crops in India, the Coalition for a GM-free India pointed out that it is no coincidence that credible committees are asking for ... Continue Reading

The Coalition for a GM Free India registers with great sadness the demise of scientist Dr Pushpa Mittra Bhargava (1928 – 2017) yesterday in Hyderabad. The Coalition members express our deep sorrow at the passing of Prof Bhargava and pay profound and respectful tribute to the man and to the ... Continue Reading

New Delhi, July 31st 2017: The Coalition for a GM-free India, a pan-Indian informal alliance of more than 150 organisations, urged the Government of India to reject the GM mustard environmental release application without any further delay. Reacting to the Government's statement in the Supreme Court that it has not ... Continue Reading

From: Sudarshan Iyengar <sudarshan54@gmail.com> Date: 30 July 2017 at 06:54 Subject: Environmental Release of GM Mustard To: narendramodi1234@gmail.com, connect@mygov.nic.in, indiaportal@gov.in Cc: info@drharshvardhan.com, drhrshvardhan@gmail.com, ps2mefcc@gov.in, rsc-st@sansad.nic.in, am.krishi@nic.in, radhamohansingh@radhamohansingh.com July 29th 2017 To, Hon. Prime Minister, Government of India, South Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi 110 011.   Sub: Environmental Release of GM Mustard Dear Prime Minister, Greetings! We are economists who have been engaging with ... Continue Reading

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: GM Free India <indiagmfree@gmail.com> Date: 28 July 2017 at 16:58 Subject: "Conditional Approval" for environmental release of GM mustard To: narendramodi1234@gmail.com, connect@mygov.nic.in, indiaportal@gov.in Cc: info@drharshvardhan.com, drhrshvardhan@gmail.com, ps2mefcc@gov.in, rsc-st@sansad.nic.in,am.krishi@nic.in To: Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India.   Dear Sir, Sub: Recommendation of a regulatory body for ‘environmental release’ or commercial cultivation of GM mustard in India ... Continue Reading

To:                                                                                                                          July 27, 2017 Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India.   Dear Sir, Sub: Reject the “environmental release” application of GM mustard Namaste. We write to you as concerned members of the medical fraternity of India, with regard to the possible approval to an application by Delhi University with the Ministry for Environment, Forests and ... Continue Reading

You can download a pdf version of this note here. GM mustard is low yielder. After GEAC has back tracked on increased yield claims of GM mustard, there is no basis what so ever to go ahead with its approval ( “… the yield comparison with national and local checks ... Continue Reading

You can download a pdf version of this document here. GM Mustard: Facts against Myths Propagated MYTH FACTS “Commercialization of GM Mustard is necessary to increase mustard productivity. It has shown 28% increase in yield”. ·       Govt. of India admitted in an affidavit in the Supreme Court (Oct. 2016) that no claim has been made ... Continue Reading

You can download the letter sent by 18 scientists on 6th July 2017. Another letter, from Dr Sharad Pawar, a National Academy of Agricultural Sciences Fellow, on June 7th 2017 is available here.     ... Continue Reading

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: GM Free India <indiagmfree@gmail.com> Date: 19 June 2017 at 15:03 Subject: GM mustard decision-making To: drhrshvardhan@gmail.com, ps2mefcc@gov.in, psmos-mef@nic.in, mustard.mef@gov.in To:   Dr Harsh Vardhan, MoEFCC, Govt of India.     Dear Sir,   Sub: GM mustard decision-making - reg.   We introduce ourselves to you as a large national coalition that has been struggling to keep India GMO-Free, so that lasting, sustainable, farmer-controlled solutions can be ... Continue Reading

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT IN ITS PDF VERSION HERE. WHAT DID WE WITNESS/EXPERIENCE IN THE PAST 15 YEARS OF BT COTTON CULTIVATION IN INDIA? Cotton yields have stagnated – the best yield growth was in years when Bt cotton had not expanded. Pesticide usage on cotton – overall volumes ... Continue Reading

A PDF version of this document is available here.   VERY FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs), UNANSWERED BY MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS & CLIMATE CHANGE   This Note has been prepared by the Coalition for a GM-Free India (http://indiagminfo.org) which is a broad platform of hundreds of organisations across India, striving to keep India GM-Free, ... Continue Reading