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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

To:                                                                                     19th May, 2022 Shri Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change Email: mefcc@gov.in   Dear Shri Bhupender Yadav, Sub: Guidelines notified for Genome Edited Organisms with exemptions provided from regulation to certain categories of Genome Edited Organisms/Plants and products thereof – reg. Ref: Office Memorandum, dated 17th May 2022 of Department of ... Continue Reading

You can download the detailed response sent to FSSAI by the Coalition, including the endorsements of organisations and professionals till 5.30pm of January 14th 2022 here (this was done in case there was no extension of deadline for feedback - later on, this was extended till Feb.5th 2022):  http://indiagminfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Detailed-Feedback-on-FSSAIs-Draft-GM-Foods-Regulations-2021-1.pdf The response in ... Continue Reading

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: GM Free India <indiagmfree@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2022 at 11:31 Subject: Urg request for extension of public feedback deadline for FSSAI draft regulations on GM foods To: <ceo@fssai.gov.in> Cc: <chairperson@fssai.gov.in>, <hfm@gov.in>, <vaibhav.bajaj@gov.in>, Preeti Sudan <secyhfw@nic.in> To: The Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road, near Bal Bhawan, New ... Continue Reading

नई दिल्ली, 6 जनवरी 2022:जीएम खाद्य पदार्थों पर एफएसएसएआई के प्रस्तावित नियमों के खिलाफ नागरिकों की आवाज़ तेज़ी से उठ रही है। नागरिक प्रस्तावित विनियमों पर सार्वजनिक प्रतिक्रिया देने के लिए एफएसएसएआई द्वारा दी गई समय सीमा के विस्तार के साथ-साथ स्थानीय भाषाओं में इन को उपलब्ध कराने मांग कर ... Continue Reading

New Delhi, January 6th 2022: Citizen voices are getting stronger and louder against FSSAI’s draft regulations on GM foods. Citizens are also increasingly demanding for an extension of the deadline given for public feedback by FSSAI on its draft regulations as well as making the draft available in vernacular languages. ... Continue Reading

from: GM Free India <indiagmfree@gmail.com> to: asaj.moefcc@gov.in, asud.moefcc@gov.in, kveluthambi@rediffmail.com, sricha@ias.nic.in, geac.secretariat@gov.in, tk.kathula@nic.in, drmadhudikshit@gmail.com, nitink.jain@nic.in, director.seed@icar.gov.in, sbakshi@fssai.gov.in, sbakshi.fssai@gmail.com, vbandi_1953@yahoo.com, sachinandan@ndri.res.in, Sachinandan De <sachinandan@gmail.com>, aksingh@iari.res.in, prasanna@barc.gov.in, aks_gene@yahoo.com, penna888@yahoo.com, Lalitha Gowda <lrgowda2k11@gmail.com>, sushilgupta-cgwb@nic.in, Geeta Jotwani <drjgeeta@gmail.com>, jotwanig@icmr.org.in, n.sathyanarayana@nic.in, drusharao.ipo@nic.in, psbiocontrol@rediffmail.com, khurana183@gmail.com, dci@nic.in, dilipkrmark@yahoo.com, Ashok Kumar Bhatnagar <akbhatnagar49@gmail.com>, balu_tnau@yahoo.co.in, anilk.jain@gov.in cc: mefcc@gov.in, bhupender.yadav@sansad.nic.in, secy-moef@nic.in, chairman@apeda.gov.in, ssnayyar@apeda.gov.in, piyush.goyal@gov.in, diwakar.misra@nic.in   To: Shri A.K. Jain, Chairperson, Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Indira Paryavaran Bhavan, Jor Bagh, New Delhi. Date - 19th October 2021  Dear Sir, Sub: Broken white rice from India withdrawn from European Union after found to being GM in origin ... Continue Reading

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: GM Free India <indiagmfree@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2021 at 09:30 Subject: Urgent Action on authorised seed companies selling illegal HT cotton seed To: <asud.moefcc@gov.in>, <tk.kathula@nic.in> Cc: <mefcc@gov.in>, <kushal.vashist@gov.in>   To: 2nd November 2021 Ms Uma Devi, Chairperson, Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India. Dear Madam, Sub: Companies permitted by GEAC to sell ... Continue Reading

New Delhi, August 27th 2021: The Coalition for a GM-Free India, a civil society platform that had been in the forefront of struggles against hazardous gene technologies being deployed in India, has termed the decision of Government of India to import GM soymeal as patently illegal. “It is a case ... Continue Reading

Regulators in India are abdicating their responsibility yet again, and are leaving citizens to fend themselves from the threat of GM technology. Our readers would recall that we had put out a statement in July 2018: http://indiagminfo.org/illegal-gm-foods-flooding-india-it-is-no-longer-a-case-of-simple-negligence-or-apathy-but-adoption-of-an-anti-citizen-policy-on-gm-foods/ ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: GM Free India <indiagmfree@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2021 at 14:48 Subject: Sub: Strong objection ... Continue Reading

from: GM Free India <indiagmfree@gmail.com> to: asaj.moefcc@gov.in, asud.moefcc@gov.in, kveluthambi@rediffmail.com, sricha@ias.nic.in, geac.secretariat@gov.in, tk.kathula@nic.in, drmadhudikshit@gmail.com, nitink.jain@nic.in, director.seed@icar.gov.in, sbakshi@fssai.gov.in, sbakshi.fssai@gmail.com, vbandi_1953@yahoo.com, sachinandan@ndri.res.in, Sachinandan De <sachinandan@gmail.com>, aksingh@iari.res.in, prasanna@barc.gov.in, aks_gene@yahoo.com, penna888@yahoo.com, Lalitha Gowda <lrgowda2k11@gmail.com>, sushilgupta-cgwb@nic.in, Geeta Jotwani <drjgeeta@gmail.com>, jotwanig@icmr.org.in, n.sathyanarayana@nic.in, drusharao.ipo@nic.in, psbiocontrol@rediffmail.com, khurana183@gmail.com, dci@nic.in, dilipkrmark@yahoo.com, Ashok Kumar Bhatnagar <akbhatnagar49@gmail.com>, balu_tnau@yahoo.co.in cc: mefcc@gov.in, secy-moef@nic.in, acs.agri@maharashtra.gov.in, prakash.j@sansad.nic.in, PRAKASH JAVADEKAR <pjavadekar@gmail.com>, sec_agri@maharashtra.gov.in, agripa.mah@nic.in To: The Chairperson, Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India. Dear Sir, Sub: Complaint with regard to illegal planting of GM crops in Maharashtra - immediate action required from regulators - reg. Greetings! It has come ... Continue Reading

To, Shri Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health and Family Welfare Date – 25th Feb 2021 Reference: FSSAI order dated February 8th, 2021 regarding requirement of Non GM cum GM free certificate to accompany imported food consignments Dear Harsh Vardhan ji, Greetings, We are writing to you on FSSAI’s proposed GM free certification policy which needs strengthening on threshold ... Continue Reading

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: GM Free India <indiagmfree@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2020 at 15:22 Subject: FSSAI Order dated 21st August 2020 (No. 1-1764/FSSAI/Imports/ 2018/Part-1) requiring Non-GM Origin and GM-Free Status Certificate on imports of 24 food products – reg. To: <ceo@fssai.gov.in> To: The Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety & Standards Authority of India. Dear Sir,   Re: FSSAI Order ... Continue Reading

INTERNATIONAL WEBINAR ON BT COTTON IN INDIA HIGHLIGHTS THE FAILURE OF THE TECHNOLOGY New Delhi, August 24th 2020: A high profile panel of scientists who spoke in an international webinar on Bt cotton in India presented evidence to show that the technology was ill-suited to Indian conditions and has failed to ... Continue Reading

Bt Brinjal in India - The Danger is Back! 27th August, 4 pm Indian Standard Time This Webinar by "Coalition for a GM-Free India" to discuss and create awareness about the imminent threat of Bt brinjal to India's farms and food. The Webinar also includes the experience of Bt brinjal cultivation from ... Continue Reading

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: GM Free India <indiagmfree@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 at 11:59 Subject: Liability for illegal GMO seed spread - Demanding that GEAC discuss and take action - reg. To: <asaj.moefcc@gov.in>, <asud.moefcc@gov.in>, <kveluthambi@rediffmail.com>, <sricha@ias.nic.in>, <geac.secretariat@gov.in>, <tk.kathula@nic.in>, <drmadhudikshit@gmail.com>, <nitink.jain@nic.in>, <director.seed@icar.gov.in>, <sbakshi@fssai.gov.in>, <sbakshi.fssai@gmail.com>, <vbandi_1953@yahoo.com>, <sachinandan@ndri.res.in>, Sachinandan De <sachinandan@gmail.com>, <aksingh@iari.res.in>, <prasanna@barc.gov.in>, <aks_gene@yahoo.com>, <penna888@yahoo.com>, ... Continue Reading