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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "GM Free India" <indiagmfree@gmail.com> Date: 01-Feb-2016 4:42 pm Subject: Urgent - Stop GM Mustard Application process - Give Coalition for GM-Free India a hearing To: <hempande@nic.in>, <kveluthambi@rediffmail.com>, <bishwanath.sinha@nic.in>, <bnsinha@gov.in>, <crbabu26@gmail.com>, <crb26@hotmail.com>, <nppbg@pau.edu>, <kk.sinha@nic.in>, <srrao@dbt.nic.in>, <aptesk@barc.gov.in>, <kumarv@icmr.org.in>, <sonti@ccmb.res.in>, <dci@nic.in>, <vijendra_mishra@rediffmail.co>, <govilaop@sify.com>, <vvr_ento@iari.res.in>, <vvr3@vsnl.com>, <renee@ces.iisc.ernet.in>, <bpsrinivasan@yahoo.com>, <luther@sau.ac.in>, <hota@nic.in>, <mishraramakant@gmail.com> Cc: "Pushpa Mittra ... Continue Reading

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: GM Free India <indiagmfree@gmail.com> Date: 28 January 2016 at 12:29 Subject: Response on the matters raised on GM Crops in NITI Ayog Occasional Paper-reg To: vch-niti@gov.in Coalition for a GM-Free India (Attached - Signed pdf copy of letter) 28th January 2016 To: Dr Aravind Panagariya, Vice Chairperson, NITI Aayog, Govt of India. Dear Dr Panagariya, Sub: The 16th December 2015 Occasional Paper of Niti ... Continue Reading

To:   Shri Prakash Javadekar, Minister for Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Government of India. Email: pjavadekar@gmail.com Fax: +91-11-24695329   Dear Shri Javadekar,   Sub: Stop the invasion of GM mustard on our farms and food plates   This is to express our serious opposition to the possible approval of Genetically Modified (GM) Mustard into India, given that there is a report confirming that Delhi ... Continue Reading

नई दिल्ली। 6 नवंबर 2015। आज कई सारे सिविल सोसाइटी संगठनों ने जीएम सरसों के व्यवसायीकरण के खिलाफ एकजुट होकर सरकार से इसे रोकने की मांग की है। सरसों सत्याग्रह के प्रतिनिधियों ने सरकार से जीएम के मामले में आगे नहीं बढ़ने को कहा है। संगठनों ने कहा कि वे ... Continue Reading

HUNDREDS OF ORGANISATIONS AND CITIZENS START EXPRESSING THEIR OPPOSITION & WARN GOVERNMENT AGAINST MOVES TO COMMERCIALISE GM MUSTARD Nov 6th 2015, New Delhi: Scores of civil society organizations and networks from across the country today jointly demanded the government to stop any approval processes related to GM Mustard commercialisation. Representatives of ... Continue Reading

Following a news report confirming that an application for approval for commercialization of GM mustard has been moved with the apex regulatory body GEAC (Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee in the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change), the Coalition for a GM Free India reminded the government about the serious ... Continue Reading

In a prayer meeting followed by pledge-taking at Rajghat, many organisations and individuals joined hands to launch Sarson Satyagraha against the entry of GM mustard in India, on July 31st 2015. The following is their letter to Prakash Javadekar, MoEFCC. July 31, 2015 To: Mr. Prakash Javadekar Minister for Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Government ... Continue Reading

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

New Delhi, June 17, 2015: “Bt Brinjal then, GM Mustard now – will GEAC repeat the mistake of thrusting Genetically Modified food onto our plates? We will strongly oppose any attempt to approve commercialization of GM mustard,” warned the Coalition for GM Free India. The Coalition while releasing a Briefing ... Continue Reading

We understand from media reports today that the Chief Minister of Maharashtra has  forwarded citizens’  concerns and objections to the State Level Committee looking into the matter of NOCs for GM (Genetically Modified) crop field trials, and had ordered for suspension of trials till the objections are addressed. As signatories, along ... Continue Reading

New Delhi, Decembery 5th 2014: Jivo Canola oil, the largest importer of Canadian Rapeseed or Canola Oil in India, has been asked to withdraw or modify its advertisements latest by the 15th of December, by the Advertising Standards Councils of India. ASCI has concluded that the claims that genetically engineered ... Continue Reading

To:                                                                                                           December 2nd 2014 Shri Prakash Javadekar, Hon’ble Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India. Dear Sir, Sub: Immediate intervention sought from your Ministry on illegal transboundary entry of Bt brinjal into India from Bangladesh – reg. Namaste! This is to bring to your kind attention fresh concerns with GMOs and threat to ... Continue Reading

We have uploaded a presentation here which is specifically around open air deliberate releases of new GMOs in the name of Field Trials. The larger question around all GMOs is of course there - that these are unneeded and unwanted. As Jairam Ramesh once put it, here is a technological solution, ... Continue Reading

To: Shri Prakash Javadekar, Central Minister for Environment,  Forests and Climate Change (I/C), Government of India, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, New Delhi. Respected Shri Javadekar, Sub: GMOs are unneeded and unsafe – urge you to cancel field trial approvals given by regulators. Respected Sir, Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) is the largest farmers’ union in the country working for farmers’ rights ... Continue Reading

New Delhi, July 19, 2014: The apex biotechnology regulator, the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) met and approved several applications for field trials of different genetically modified (GM) crops (rice, mustard, chickpea etc.) yesterday. So far, it is reported that 60 of the pending 70 applications have been cleared. This ... Continue Reading