GOVERNMENT’S POSITION IN COURT A LET-DOWN AND UNACCEPTABLE, A BOW TO THE PRESSURE FROM BIOTECH INDUSTRY
Published By kavitha On Friday, November 9th 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: Biosafety, Coalition for a GM-Free India, GM field trials, SC Technical Expert Committee & Field Trials
In today’s Supreme Court hearing in the PIL on GMOs, the Government of India, through its representative from the Ministry of Agriculture (and not the Ministry of Environment & Forests which has the jurisdiction on regulation of GM crops), opposed the scientifically sound recommendations of the Technical Expert Committee to ... Continue Reading
Open Letter from Indian Scientists to the Hon’ble Supreme Court
Published By kavitha On Thursday, November 8th 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: Biosafety, Bt brinjal, Bt crops, Centre of Diversity, GM field trials, Herbicide Tolerant crops, Task Force on Agricultural Biotechnology, TEC interim report
In the case of Aruna Rodrigues Vs. Union of India ( Writ Petition (Civil) No. 260 of 2005)
November 8, 2012
To:
Hon'ble Justices Swatanter Kumar & S.J Mukhopadhyay
Supreme court of India
In the case of Aruna Rodrigues Vs. Union of India
(Writ Petition (Civil) No. 260 of 2005)
Respected Sirs,
Sub: Request to accept the interim ... Continue Reading
Major Farmer Unions Urge Supreme Court To Stop GM Field Trials
Published By kavitha On Wednesday, November 7th 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: AIKS, AISSMS, APRS, Biosafety, BKS, BKU, farmers' unions, GM field trials, Gujarat Khedut Samaj, SICCFM
Before the crucial hearing on 9th November on the interim report of the Court-appointed Technical Expert Committee (TEC) in the GMOs PIL in the Indian Supreme Court, major farmers’ unions across the country have sent letters to the Court, urging it to put an end to field trials of GM ... Continue Reading
MoEF should accept the Technical Expert Committee’s interim report on GMO field trials
Published By kavitha On Tuesday, November 6th 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: Biosafety, Convention on Biological Diversity, GM crop field trials, Supreme Court TEC and field trials
Coalition for a GM-Free India's letter to Ms Jayanti Natarajan:
6th November 2012
To
Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan,
Hon’ble Minister for Environment & Forests
Government of India.
Dear Madam,
Sub: MoEF should accept the Technical Expert Committee’s interim report on GMO field trials and safety assessment
Greetings!
As you are well aware, that the Supreme Court has a crucial hearing ... Continue Reading
