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Letter dated 13th may 2017 from Mr Prashant Bhushan to Mr Anil Madhav Dave, MoEFCC, GoI. ... Continue Reading

---------- 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 : http://bhartiyakisanunion. blogspot.com/ REJECT GM MUSTARD COMMERCIALISATION APPLICATION.doc 12th May 2017   To:   Shri Anil Madhav Dave, Minister for Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Government of India.   Dear Sir,   SUB: REJECT ... Continue Reading

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 a GM-Free India, a broad platform ... Continue Reading

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 ... Continue Reading

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A new publication, this time from the Special Secretariat for Family Farming and Agrarian Development (Ministry of Agrarian Development, Brazil), called Transgenic Crops Hazards & Uncertainties - More than 750 studies disregarded by the GMOs regulatory bodies, once again presents clearly to us the risks of transgenic plants to the ... Continue Reading

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राजनीतिक दल, किसान और कृषि-श्रमिक संगठन, महिला संगठन, वैज्ञानिक और अन्य जन आंदोलन संयुक्त रूप से चला रहे हैं इस राष्ट्रीय अभियान को   नई दिल्ली, अक्टूबर 26: जीएम सरसों के खिलाफ लड़ाई ने देश भर के साँझा मोर्चे  का रूप ले लिया है. इस की एक झलक कल अक्टूबर 25 के ... Continue Reading

Political parties, Farmer & Farm-Workers Unions, Women’s Organisations, Scientists and other people's movements to Jointly run this National Campaign   New Delhi, Oct 25: The fight against GM Mustard has developed into a united front across the nation, a glimpse of which was seen at a one day Dharna at Jantar Mantar ... Continue Reading

SARSON SATYAGRAHA:  CITIZENS STEP UP THEIR DEMAND TO BAN GM MUSTARD -  MAJOR ASSEMBLY PLANNED IN DELHI ON OCTOBER 25TH 2016 New Delhi, October 22nd 2016: While the regulatory body for gene technology in India called Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) moves ahead with the approval processes related to GM mustard in India without ... Continue Reading

On Gandhi Jayanti this year, thousands of citizens joined Sarson Satyagraha in large numbers in scores of locations across 18 states, to express their resistance against GM mustard (and GMOs in our environment). They asserted that this GM mustard is unwanted, unneeded and unsafe. The Satyagraha took various forms in ... Continue Reading

Indian citizens and state governments seek to ensure scientific integrity, sustainability, sovereignty & social justice. India says NO TO GM MUSTARD   District/Town, Contact Name and No. Date/Time and Place of Event Organised by Event Description    Kerela       Kasaragod Adv T P Rajendran 09495375756 Mavinthoppu Maidhanam, Kanhangad 2nd Oct, 10 am Kasaragod Jilla Paristhithi Samithi Signature Campaign and Sathyagraham Kannur Jilla Paristhithi Samithi, Malabar Natural History Society Sathyagraham Quilandy Unni Gopalan 8547676700 Pookkod Quit India ... Continue Reading

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kavitha Kuruganti <kavitakuruganti@gmail.com> Date: Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 12:55 PM Subject: Rejection of GM mustard - Public feedback time to be extended to 120 days from the time of proactive sharing of all biosafety data in public domain-reg. To: moefcc@nic.in, anil.dave@nic.in, anil.dave@sansad.nic.in Cc: P SARANYA <mustard.mef@gov.in> To:                                                                                  September 22nd, 2016 Shri ... Continue Reading

The Ministry has put out a press release a while ago (on a Sunday afternoon at around 3pm!!) about the presence of Dr Sesikeran as the health expert in the sub-committee that assessed GM mustard dossier submitted by Delhi University. http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=150878 I attach herewith proof of the fact that Dr Sesikeran was ... Continue Reading

GEAC SUB-COMMITTEE’S BIOSAFETY CLEARANCE OF GM MUSTARD: HOW RELIABLE? India's apex regulatory body called Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee or GEAC has recently (on September 5th 2016) put out an announcement inviting public feedback till October 5th, on its assessment of GM mustard. The following pages are the analysis of the Coalition ... Continue Reading