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, and […]
Sarson Satyagraha writes to Dr Harsh Vardhan, May 22nd 2017
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PEOPLE MARCH TO MOEFCC TO CHALLENGE GM MUSTARD CLEARANCE – DEMAND REJECTION OF GM MUSTARD
“GM MUSTARD A BIG SCIENTIFIC FRAUD”: PEOPLE MARCH TO MOEFCC TO CHALLENGE GM MUSTARD CLEARANCE – DEMAND REJECTION OF GM MUSTARD New Delhi, May 17th 2017: A delegation from Sarson Satyagraha marched up to the Ministry for Environment, Forests and Climate Change today to ask the Minister for Environment to reject the GM mustard […]
Letter from Sarson Satyagraha to MoEFCC on May 17th 2017
To: May 17th 2017 Shri Anil Madhav Dave, Minister of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Government of India. Dear Shri Anil Madhav Dave, Greetings! The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) has gone ahead and on May 11th 2017 cleared genetically modified herbicide tolerant mustard for commercial cultivation in India. They of course did this […]
Media Editorials on GM Mustard: Some facts from our side
We have been going through the various editorials from different media houses on the issue of GM mustard regulatory clearance and felt compelled to straighten the record with regard to some FACTS related to GM mustard, while respecting that perspectives might differ. STATEMENTS OF MEDIA HOUSES IN EDITORIALS ON GM MUSTARD – OUR FACTS ON […]
Sr Advocate Prashant Bhushan writes to Minister Dave on GM Mustard
Letter dated 13th may 2017 from Mr Prashant Bhushan to Mr Anil Madhav Dave, MoEFCC, GoI.
India’s largest farmers unions write to Minister Dave, asking him to reject GM mustard commercialisation
———- Forwarded message ———- From: “Bku Tikait” <bku.tikait@gmail.com> Date: 12-May-2017 5:25 PM Subject: REJECT GM MUSTARD COMMERCIALISATION APPLICATION To: <anil.dave@sansad.nic.in>, <andps2mefcc@gov.in> Cc: plz see attachment — Dharmendra Kumar Bhartiya Kisan Union cell: +91 9219691168 Web-http://www. bhartiyakisanunion.org/ BKU blog [Farmers World] : http://bhartiyakisanunion. blogspot.com/ REJECT GM MUSTARD COMMERCIALISATION APPLICATION.doc 12th May 2017 To: Shri […]
Coalition writes to MoEFCC urging him to reject GM mustard
From: GM Free India <indiagmfree@gmail.com> Date: 12 May 2017 at 18:30 Subject: Please reject GM mustard commercialisation application To: anil.dave@sansad.nic.in, ps2mefcc@gov.in To: Shri Anil Madhav Dave Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change Government of India. Dear Sir, We are writing to you on behalf of the Coalition for […]
SARSON SATYAGRAHA CONDEMNS GEAC’S GREEN SIGNAL TO HERBICIDE TOLERANT GM MUSTARD: ASKS ENVIRONMENT MINISTER TO BE RESPONSIBLE IN HIS DECISION
New Delhi, May 11th 2017: Sarson Satyagraha, a broad platform of hundreds of organisations representing farmers, consumers, scientists and others that has been at the forefront of resisting the approval of GM mustard in India has condemned the green signal provided by GEAC to herbicide tolerant GM mustard today. “GEAC has proven yet again that […]