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Union Minister Maneka Gandhi slams Bt cotton and pesticides at the Chandigarh Organic Convention

Published By Rajesh Krishnan On Sunday, March 1st 2015. Under Bt Cotton, GM Crops, Organic Farming, Uncategorized    
Union Minister for Women and Child Welfare Smt Maneka Gandhi addressed the gathering at the 5th National organic farming Convention being held in Chandigarh, the common capital city of Punjab & Haryana. She pointed to the increased use of systemic pesticides because of Bt cotton, the only GM ... Continue Reading

Coalition for a GM Free India writes to Prakash Javadekar, Urges him to stop field trials after media expose shows rampant irregularities

Published By Rajesh Krishnan On Wednesday, September 10th 2014. Under Biosafety, Bt Cotton, Field Trials, GM Crops, GM foods, Regulatory Processes, Uncategorized    
New Delhi, 10/09/14. To, Shri Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister for Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Government of India. Dear Sir, Sub: Evidence of regulatory apparatus in shambles emerges once again - Seeking immediate intervention to stop field trials of GM crops happening in the country - Reg. Namaste! Just as a crucial Supreme Court hearing is in the ... Continue Reading

GEAC's recent clearances for GM field trials: An Analysis by Coalition for a GM-Free India

Published By Rajesh Krishnan On Wednesday, August 6th 2014. Under Biosafety, Bt Brinjal, Bt Cotton, Field Trials, GM Crops, GM foods, HT Maize, Regulatory Processes, States, Uncategorized    
Problems with GEAC’s decisions and recent field trial approvals In the recent past GEAC has held four meetings at close intervals and approved numerous field trials. The Coalition for a GM-Free India has already put out two media statements explaining why these clearances are objectionable and these can be accessed here: ... Continue Reading

Karnataka state govt blacklists Mahyco and orders ban on its Bt cotton sales

Published By Rajesh Krishnan On Friday, March 28th 2014. Under Bt Cotton, Uncategorized  Tags: Bt cotton, Bt cotton myths, Failure, GM crops, State Governments  
Karnataka state govt order banning Mahyco's Bt cotton ... Continue Reading

ICAR REPORT ON BNBt Cotton EXPOSES INCOMPETENCE OF GM SCIENTISTS AND REGULATORS TO REGULATE GMOs IN INDIA

Published By kavitha On Saturday, December 15th 2012. Under Biosafety, Bt Cotton, Press Releases, Regulatory Processes, Uncategorized  Tags: Bikaneri Bt cotton, Biosafety, Bt cotton, Desi Bt cotton, SC GMO PIL, Sopory Committee  
Coalition for GM Free India demands withdrawal of Supreme Court affidavit of Ministry of Agriculture that gives clean chit to GM regulators. Reacting to the Prof.Sopory Committee Report1 that investigated the Bt Bikaneri Narma case, the Coalition for a GM-Free India said that, “We congratulate the Committee for its thorough investigation ... Continue Reading

Dismal picture of cotton in Madhya Pradesh in the past decade

Published By kavitha On Wednesday, April 4th 2012. Under Bt Cotton, News, Reports  Tags: Bt cotton in Madhya Pradesh, Bt cotton myths  
A report released by Beej Swaraj Abhiyan and Hamara Beej Abhiyan in Madhya Pradesh on March 31st 2012, also including data from a primary survey taken up in 2012, to look at the comparative performance of Bt cotton with a set of sample farmers in Kharif 2011 as compared to ... Continue Reading

Bt cotton hype in Karnataka exposed

Published By kavitha On Wednesday, April 4th 2012. Under Bt Cotton, News, Reports  Tags: Bt cotton in Karnataka, Bt cotton myths  
A report released on the occasion of a one-day workshop called "10 years of Bt cotton in Karnataka: Whither other cotton?", with partial support from the Karnataka State Biodiversity Board on March 29th 2012 is available here. This report exposes the reality of fluctuating yields of cotton in the state, ... Continue Reading

10 years of Bt Cotton – False Hype and Failed Promises Exposed

Published By kavitha On Wednesday, March 21st 2012. Under Bt Cotton, News, Press Releases, Reports  Tags: Bt cotton, Bt cotton false hype failed promise, cotton farmers crisis, farm suicides  
The false hype and failed promises of Bt cotton in India were exposed by the Coalition for GM-Free India with a special report released in a press conference here today. As the 10th anniversary of Bt cotton’s regulatory approval in India approaches, the Coalition, using data from government institutions, highlighted ... Continue Reading

India’s ‘public sector indigenous Bt cotton’ a scientific fraud!

Published By kavitha On Friday, December 30th 2011. Under Bt Cotton, News, Press Releases  Tags: Bt cotton, Scientific Fraud  
Coalition for a GM-Free India demands immediate stopping of all public sector transgenic research and an independent enquiry and action against fraudulent scientists. 2011 ends with a big blot to the Indian scientific community, as was the case in 2010 too. The much-hyped public sector Bt cotton lines (Bikaneri Narma Bt ... Continue Reading

Hyped Desi Cotton has Monsanto gene!

Published By kavitha On Thursday, December 29th 2011. Under Bt Cotton, News    
India's claim of having developed its own Bt cotton (genetically modified) variety has taken an embarrassing turn with an RTI inquiry by two scientists revealing how the University of Agriculture Sciences (UAS) at Dharwad went ahead — brushing aside all precautions — to produce an indigenous variety working on a ... Continue Reading

Scientific Fraud: Misconduct by UAS-Dharwad in the name of Bt cotton

Published By kavitha On Wednesday, December 28th 2011. Under Bt Cotton, News  Tags: Bt cotton, Monsanto, Scientific Fraud  
In the name of Bt cotton production, spurious act of developing Bt cotton A misconduct in the name of developing Bt Cotton, by University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad came to the notice of Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR). In the last eight years, as the Bt cotton seed prices ... Continue Reading

Cotton yield may fall to 5-year low

Published By kavitha On Wednesday, October 26th 2011. Under Bt Cotton, News  Tags: Bt cotton, GM crops and Yields, Pesticides  
Cotton yield may fall to 5-year low
Right from the beginning, it has been seen that in good years, when the yields are good, industry gives credit to Bt cotton; in bad years, blame it on the rain! Cotton yield may fall to 5-yr low The cotton revolution through Bacillus Thuringiensis, popularly known as Bt, has been losing its ... Continue Reading

VJAS complains to ToI against ‘paid news’ on Bt cotton & Vidarbha

Published By kavitha On Tuesday, September 13th 2011. Under Bt Cotton, News  Tags: BRAI Bill, Bt cotton, Monsanto, Paid News  
To The Editor The Times of India Nagpur & Mumbai Dear Sir, Sub: False advertising campaign by Mahyco Monsanto Biotech in Times of India starting August 28, 2011. A serious instance of ‘paid news?’ More than once in the past some reporters of the Times of India (certainly in Nagpur) have shown much sensitivity and sympathy ... Continue Reading

“Got a Plant, will republish for a fee”: on Paid News….

Published By kavitha On Tuesday, September 13th 2011. Under Bt Cotton, News  Tags: Bt cotton, Monsanto, Paid News  
It is unclear whether ToI had actually published a retraction or rejoinder or explanation about this. "Got a plant, will republish for a fee" The Times of India reruns a three-year-old story on Bt Cotton without any updates as paid news. It is described as a consumer connect initiative. Why ... Continue Reading
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