Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 at 10:36
Subject: Seeking widespread democratic consultative processes, as per the Supreme Court Order on GM crops
To: <secy-moef@nic.in>
To:
Ms Leena Nandan,
Secretary,
Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change,
Government of India,
Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jor Bagh, New Delhi.
Email: secy-moef@nic.in
Dear Ms Leena Nandan,
Sub: Seeking widespread democratic consultative processes as per SC Order on GM crops
Greetings! This is with regard to the Supreme Court’s direction to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to evolve a national policy on GM crops through consultative processes with all stakeholders. We, as citizens of India as well as representatives of farmers’ organisations, environmental groups, consumer organisations, industry and exporters’ associations, scientific experts in different domains of S&T, are writing this letter to you to ensure that the order of the SC be implemented in letter and spirit by widespread and meaningful consultations with all citizens who want to give their inputs into the policy formulation process.
We are reminded of the public consultations organised by Mr Jairam Ramesh, former Environment Minister in the then UPA government in the case of Bt brinjal environmental release for commercial cultivation in India. That deliberative democratic process that was run in the country at that time was historical and unprecedented. Between October 15th 2009 and December 31st 2009, written inputs were obtained, followed by seven in-person consultations during the month of January 2010, culminating in a decision on February 9th 2010. 6000 citizens registered and participated in the 7 consultations covering different regions of India, and more than 9000 written submissions were presented to Mr Ramesh. The Minister personally sat through and chaired over 25 hours of consultations to understand all concerns, evidence, insights and analyses. Along with him were officials and regulators, as well as various state government representatives in these consultations. The participation was from agriculture and health/medical/nutrition experts, scientists from the fields of biotechnology and molecular biology, farmers, farmer leaders, consumer rights activists, environmentalists and ecologists, social activists, industry representatives, exporters, practitioners of Indian Systems of Medicine, people representing other agri-allied livelihoods etc. Mr Jairam Ramesh later described what he did as being “responsible to science and responsive to society”, and that is what policy-making in this domain ought to be. Many signatories to this letter participated in those public consultations of 2010.
Against this background, we write to you with the full confidence that you will not fail the citizens of India in their expectations with regard to the implementation of the Supreme Court’s Order. We seek the following things specifically with regard to the consultative processes to be adopted, so as to enable all of us to participate meaningfully.
1. That public consultations should be well publicised in local languages in all prominent local newspapers, visual media and websites and done so well in advance giving at least three weeks’ notice to the public. Giving adequate publicity was ordered by the Hon’ble Court. “Wide and meaningful consultations”, were the terms used elsewhere in the judgement.
2. Such consultations should be held in all states of the country, to allow the in-person participation of all stakeholders including the state government representatives. Some large states like UP might require more regional consultations too within the state. Let the locations represent various kinds of political parties in power in the state government so that no allegation of partisanship emerges later on.
3. Consultations should be open for all citizens to provide their inputs as was the case during the public consultations on Bt brinjal in 2009-2010, and should not be restricted to a select few who are invited.
4. Consultations should ensure that all stakeholders are involved proactively and systematically, including farmers’ organisations, consumer organisations, environmentalists, ecologists, beekeepers, agricultural worker unions, practitioners and experts of Indian Systems of Medicine, organic/natural farming associations and practitioners, organic farming enterprises, exporters and traders etc.
5. Consultations should include local language inputs for the policy formulation.
6. Consultations should be video-recorded and archived in the public domain.
7. Meaningful public consultation processes should also include a mechanism for receiving feedback, detailed or otherwise, in writing (email, or on a portal) from the public. All written feedback should be scanned and uploaded on the web sites.
8. To actively reach out to multiple stakeholders and facilitate their participation, the Government of India might consider engaging an organisation like Centre for Environment Education (CEE) as was done during the Bt brinjal consultations. At that time, CEE also compiled all the feedback received into a report that was put out into the public domain by MoEFCC.
We conclude by requesting you once again to be truly participatory and consultative in the policy formulation process, other than drawing from the other detailed processes run by other high-level committees in the past.
Sincerely,
Sridhar Radhakrishnan,
Trivandrum.
Phone: 9995358205
Dr Rajinder Chaudhary,
Advisor, Kudrati Kheti Abhiyan,
Rohtak, Haryana
Phone: 9416182061
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431. Sharada Ramadass, IAFN Restoration Ecologist/ organic farmer, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu
432. Shibani Ghosh, Yoga Acharya, Alibaug
433. Shital Talreja, Maharashtra
434. Shivakumar Mani, Anantha Naturals Private Limited, Mumbai
435. Shivani Bhatt, Mumbai, Maharashtra
436. Shivanshu, Doctoral Researcher, Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh
437. Shresth, Delhi
438. Shrikant Mohanta, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
439. Shrikant Navrekar, Maharashtra
440. Shrutika Bagul, Nagpur
441. Shubham Jade, Mumbai
442. Sirisha Kandukuri, Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh
443. Sita Reddy, Hyderabad
444. Siva Shankar G, Drshya farms, Denkanikotai, Krishnagiri, Tamilnadu
445. Sivakumar M, Seelayampatty, Theni district, Tamilnadu
446. Sivakumar M, Agriculturist, Chennai, Tamilnadu
447. Smita, Bangalore
448. Smriti, Bangalore
449. Solomon SJ, Dumka, Jharkhand
450. Sonal Khetarpal, Delhi
451. Sonali Bhawsar, Pune
452. Sonica, Delhi
453. Sophia Raymond, Pune
454. Sprooha, Thane
455. Sreekanth, Hyderabad
456. Sri Vidya Durga, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh
458. Srikanth Koka, Hyderabad, Telangana
459. Srinivas Rao Karanam, Telangana
460. Srinivas Velishetty, Hyderabad
461. Sriram, Bengaluru
462. Sriram, Chennai, Tamilnadu
463. Suba, Bengaluru
464. Subham Saha, Awaken India Movement (AIM), Raiganj, West Bengal
465. Subhash Lomte, Jai Kisan Andolan – Swaraj Abhiyan, Aurangabad, Maharashtra
466. Subramaniyan, Chennai, TamilNadu
467. Sudha Dev, Herbs & Solace, Ootacamund, The Nilgiris Tamil Nadu
468. Sudha N, Bangalore
469. Sudhamathy C, SERK, Kanyakumari, Tamilnadu
470. Sudhanshu Godbole, Godbole(G) Naturals & Dairy Farms LLP, Nagpur
471. Sudhir Vombatkere, Engineer, Mysuru, Karnataka
472. Suganya, Architect, Kolkata, West Bengal
473. Sujata Jadhav, Pune
474. Sukanta Chakraborty, Durgapur
475. Suma Josson, Salt Films, Maharashtra
476. Sundarrajan Gomathinayagam, Poovulagin Nanbargal, Chennai, TamilNadu
477. Sunil Kumar Gupta, Noida
478. Sunil Sagar, Mumbai
479. Supreet Kaur, Healthy Mind Solutions LLP., Gurgaon
480. Surekha Choudhary, Pune
481. Surya Kala Moturi, President, Grama Bharathi, NGO, Telangana, Hyderabad
482. Sushama, Ahmedabad
483. Swanand, Maharashtra
484. Swarna Lakshmi, Hyderabad, Telangana
485. Swathi Balaji, Kengeri, Bengaluru
486. Swati Mundada, Pune, Maharashtra
487. Tamara Law Goswami, Environmentalist,
488. Tamilkani S, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu
489. Tammy Shahani, Siolim
490. Tanya S, Pune
491. Tej Singh, Haryana
492. Thilak Raj S, Sevai Karangal, Chennai
493. Tia Rego, Mumbai
494. Tulip Madhavla, Mumbai
495. Tushar Uttarwar, Farmer, Wani, Maharashtra
496. Uma Shankari, Farmer, Hyderabad
497. Usha S, Agroecologist, Kerala
498. Usmangani Sherasiya, Farmer and Environment Activist, Wankaner
499. V Priya Rajnarayanan, Seed Island, Tamilnadu Seed Savers Network, Tamilnadu
500. Vamsi Priya Damalcheruvu, Sri Vasista Ashramam, Tirupati Balaji District, Andhra Pradesh
501. Varsha, Farmer, Vikarabad
502. Velroy Sam Dias, Cuncolim, Goa
503. Venkata Subbarao Mekala, Farmer, Eluru
504. Veronique Dinand, Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai
505. Vidya Didwania, Farmer, Mumbai, Maharashtra
506. Vijayakumar, Dindigul, Tamilnadu
507. Vijayalakshmi, Hyderabad, Telangana
508. Vikas Arora, Delhi
509. Vinay Futane, Amravati
510. Vinod Karkar, Karvey Organics Pvt Ltd, Vadodara
511. Vinod Kumar Bhatt, Dehradun
512. Viren, Mumbai, Maharashtra
513. Vishal Vinayak, Chandigarh, Punjab
514. Viswanath, Bengaluru, Karnataka
515. Vivek Mishra, Dabra, MP
516. Yamini Dhapola, Software Engineer, Uttarakhand
517. Yash Agrawal, Fridays For Future Mumbai / philosophy professor, Navi Mumbai, India
518. Yash Singh, Rajasthan
519. Yogender Singh, Telangana
520. Yogesh Talreja, Mumbai, Maharashtra
521. Yousuf Zaheer, New Delhi
522. Zeal Sonj, Krsi Farms, Mumbai
523. Zephira, Therapist, Goa