STOP SECRET GM MUSTARD APPROVAL PROCESSES: GEAC MEETING SHOULD BE CALLED OFF CIVIL SOCIETY & FARMER GROUPS CALL GM MUSTARD HIGHLY DANGEROUS & OBJECTIONABLE EXPERIMENT ON PEOPLE & ENVIRONMENT Trivandrum, February 3rd, 2016: Slamming the Central Government for allowing regulators in the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change for scheduling a secret meeting on February […]
MAJOR FARMER UNIONS OF INDIA REJECT GM MUSTARD: ASK JAVADEKAR NOT TO ALLOW GEAC TO PROCEED WITH ITS SECRET MEETING TO PROCESS GM MUSTARD APPLICATION ON FEB.5TH
New Delhi, February 3rd, 2016: All major farmer unions of India, in a joint statement, have slammed the Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change for allowing the regulatory body for transgenics to meet on February 5th to decide on the fate of GM mustard. They demanded that the secret meeting of the regulator be cancelled […]
GEAC meeting should be called off, demand citizens’ groups: Nationwide outrage against Centre’s GM mustard push
New Delhi, February 3rd 2016: Widespread outrage was witnessed today from all quarters against the Centre continuing regulatory processes to commercialise GM mustard in India, even as state governments have also cautioned the Centre against proceeding further. The apex GM regulatory body, GEAC (Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee) in the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change […]