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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

DELHI CM KEJRIWAL GETS A UNIQUE GIFT FROM CITIZENS FIGHTING GM MUSTARD: CITIZENS URGE HIM TO ACT PROACTIVELY TO STOP GM MUSTARD FROM INVADING THEIR FOOD New Delhi, September 1st 2016: Braving heavy downpour, a group of citizens landed at Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's office today, urging him to proactively intervene in ... Continue Reading

Delegation of organic farmers from Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan meets Union Agriculture Minister and appeals for immediate hold on release of GM Mustard Under the aegis of Organic Farmers’ Association of India (OFAI) a delegation today (September 1, 2016) called upon the Union Minister of Agriculture, Sh Radha Mohan Singh and ... Continue Reading

To: Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Government of India.     Dear Chairperson, Members and SC’s Appointee in GEAC,   Namaste! In the Special Meeting of the GEAC on July 18th 2016, you assured us that the doors for dialogue are open and that we should send any additional material that we might ... Continue Reading

CITIZENS' GROUPS DEMAND THAT ODISHA STATE GOVERNMENT WRITE TO CENTRE AGAINST GM MUSTARD APPROVAL A Round Table meeting of citizens' groups including major farmer unions held on the subject of GM crops in general and GM mustard in particular on August 21st 2016 demanded that the state government of Odisha write to ... Continue Reading

விவசாயதலைவர்கள்மற்றும்சமூகஆர்வலர்கள்தமிழகஅரசைமரபணுகடுகுக்குஎதிராகமத்தியஅரசுக்குகடிதம்எழுதும்படிவற்புறுத்தல்.  தமிழகத்தின் பல்வேறு மாவட்டங்களிலிருந்தும் விவசாய தலைவர்கள், தமிழக வணிகர் சங்கம், பாதுகாப்பான உணவு மற்றும் சமூக ஆர்வரலர்கள் கலந்து கொண்டு மரபணு பயிர்கள் பற்றியும், குறிப்பாக மரபணு கடுகு பற்றியும் விரிவாக ஆலோசனை நடத்தினர்.  மரபணு பயிர்களின் கேடுகள் தெரிந்தும் இப்பொழுது மரபணு கடுகினை கொண்டுவர தயாராகும் மத்திய அரசுக்கு மரபணு பயிர்களை அனுமதிக்க வேண்டாமென மத்திய அரசுக்கு கடிதம் எழுதுமாறு தமிழக அரசை கேட்டுக்கொண்டனர். இந்த அதிமுக அரசு, தங்கள‌து ... Continue Reading

FARMER UNIONS, CITIZENS' GROUPS AND SCIENTISTS STRONGLY OPPOSE GM MUSTARD; DEMAND THAT STATE GOVERNMENTS WRITE TO CENTRE AGAINST GM MUSTARD APPROVAL   Hyderabad, August 13, 2016   A Round Table meeting of citizens' groups including major farmer unions and scientists, held on the subject of GM crops in general and GM mustard in particular ... Continue Reading

On July 18th 2016, a 8-member delegation consisting of Yudhvir Singh, Rampal Jat, Dr Sharad Pawar, Dr Debal Deb, Kapil Shah, Rajesh Krishnan, Ananthoo and Kavitha Kuruganti made detailed presentations of their objections against and concerns with regard to GM mustard of Delhi University's CGMCP. The GEAC, with Ms Amita ... Continue Reading

New Delhi, July 18, 2016: Avowing to step up their resistance against any possible approval of GM mustard in India, farm activists, scientists and others who made detailed presentations to GEAC today in a specially convened meeting of the regulatory body, presented fresh evidence to drive home their point about ... Continue Reading

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kavitha Kuruganti <kavitha_kuruganti@yahoo.com> Date: Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 12:38 PM Subject: After inviting a "team" for a "discussion", GEAC chooses not to listen to independent scientists, farmer leaders and consumer activists To: PRAKASH JAVADEKAR <pjavadekar@gmail.com> Cc: "kveluthambi@rediffmail.com" <kveluthambi@rediffmail.com>, "bishwanath.sinha@nic.in" <bishwanath.sinha@nic.in>, "bnsinha@gov.in" <bnsinha@gov.in>, "crbabu26@gmail.com" <crbabu26@gmail.com>, "crb26@hotmail.com" <crb26@hotmail.com>, "sesikeran@gmail.com" <sesikeran@gmail.com>, "nppbg@pau.edu" <nppbg@pau.edu>, "kk.sinha@nic.in" ... Continue Reading