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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

You can download a pdf version of this note here. GEAC IS GETTING WORSE IN ITS REGULATORY FUNCTIONING OVER THE YEARS: GM MUSTARD’S FARCICAL PUBLIC FEEDBACK PROCESSES, CONTRASTED WITH THE REGULATOR-ADOPTED PROCESSES FOR BT BRINJAL (This is a quick note prepared by Kavitha Kuruganti to show the contrast between Brinjal & Mustard, tests ... Continue Reading

Points Covered by Various Speakers during Presentation to GEAC on 18th July, 2016 at Indira Paryavaran Bhavan, New Delhi A team of civil society representatives associated with Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture (ASHA) made presentations to the GEAC on 18.07.2016. The team was given two hours of uninterrupted time managed ... Continue Reading

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kavitha Kuruganti <kavitakuruganti@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 11:05 PM Subject: Note inviting comments on the proposal on authorisation of Environmental Release of GE Mustard hybrid and use of parental events for development of new generation hybrids - reg. To: asap.moefcc@gov.in Cc: moefcc@nic.in, anil.dave@sansad.nic.in, anil.dave@nic.in To  Dr Amita Prasad, Chairperson, Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee.   Dear Chairperson, Sub: Note inviting comments on ... Continue Reading

मुख्य मंत्री और कृषि मंत्री से की देश और प्रदेश को जीएम सरसों से बचाने की अपील You can access the letter sent to the Haryana Chief Minister & Agri Minister here. हरियाणा के 15 जिलों के प्रबुद्ध नागरिकों, कृषि वैज्ञानिकों, किसान संगठनों एवं उपभोक्ताओं ने हरियाणा के मुख्य मंत्री और कृषि ... Continue Reading

Patna, 1st September 2016: Meeting a delegation of Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture (ASHA) on the issue of GM mustard, Bihar Chief Minister Sh Nitish Kumar assured the group of his active intervention on this matter of urgent concern. He promised that he would write to the Prime Minister on ... Continue Reading