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 […]
Coalition for a GM-Free India welcomes heartily Monsanto’s decision not to pursue commercialization of some new GMOs in India’s regulatory pipeline: Asks the company to pay compensation
Transgenic Crops: Hazards and Uncertainties
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 health and environment, and scientific […]
PM Narendra Modi: GM mustard – Request to reject commercial release
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केंद्र सरकार को चेतावनी: यदि जीएम सरसों को मंजूरी दी, तो होगा राष्ट्रीय आन्दोलन
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 दिन जंतर मन्तर […]
Central government warned: National stir if GM mustard approved
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 in New Delhi […]
28 national organisations & more than 120 organisations from 20 states to assemble in Delhi to demand an immediate ban on GM mustard
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 publishing the […]
INDIA TAKES UP SARSON SATYAGRAHA: CITIZENS COME ONTO THE STREETS PROTESTING AGAINST GM MUSTARD
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 different parts of the country, […]
NATION RESISTS GM MUSTARD: SARSON SATYAGRAHA, THIS OCTOBER 2ND
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 […]
Eminent citizens write to MoEFCC- Reject GM mustard – Seek extension of Public feedback time to 120 days from the time of proactive sharing of all biosafety data in public domain
———- 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, […]
Health Expert in GEAC Sub-Committee: Our reaction to Ministry’s defence
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 missing from GEAC […]