GEAC SUB-COMMITTEE’S BIOSAFETY CLEARANCE OF GM MUSTARD: HOW RELIABLE IS IT?
Published By kavitha On Thursday, September 15th 2016. Under Uncategorized Tags: Biosafety, CGMCP, GEAC, GM Mustard
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
Supreme Court hearing on the PIL on GM crops now on 1st of April – Coalition for a GM Free India demands UPA government to stop misinforming the Court and not stand in the way of delivery of Justice
Published By Rajesh Krishnan On Sunday, March 30th 2014. Under Field Trials, Regulatory Processes, Uncategorized Tags: Biosafety, Bt cotton, Coalition for a GM-Free India, Field Trials, GEAC, GM field trials, SC TEC
New Delhi, 30th March 2014: In the latest development related to the public debate and controversy around Genetically Modified (GM) crops in India, the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India preponed its hearing on the PIL on GM crops from 15th April to 1st of April 2014 (1). This comes after ... Continue Reading
Seeking extension of timeline for BRAI Bill feedback (Coalition’s letter to the S&T Standing Committee)
Published By Admin On Friday, June 14th 2013. Under Uncategorized Tags: Biosafety, BRAI Bill, Standing Committee on Agriculture
June 13, 2013
To
Dr. T Subbarami Reddy, MP
Chairman,
Parliamentary Standing Committee for Science & Technology, Environment & Forests.
Re: To seek extension of time to 90 days for public feedback on the BRAI Bill
Respected Sir,
Please accept our warm greetings !
We have seen the notification issued on June 11, 2013 by the Rajyasabha Secretariat ... Continue Reading
Conflict of Interest pervades Supreme Court’s expert committee too!
Published By kavitha On Tuesday, May 7th 2013. Under Uncategorized Tags: Biosafety, Conflict of Interest, GM regulation, Paroda, SC TEC
To:
May 6, 2013
Learned Bench of Supreme Court of India,
In Civil Writ Petition 260 of 2005.
Respected Sirs,
Sub: Conflict of interest of a member of the Court’s Technical Expert Committee – reg.
Ref: GMOs PIL, Civil Writ Petition 260 of 2005
Greetings!
Greetings from the Coalition for a GM-Free India !
I wish to introduce the ... Continue Reading
Govt betrays the nation on Earth Day! Tables deeply flawed (Biotech Regulatory Authority of India) BRAI Bill
Published By kavitha On Tuesday, April 23rd 2013. Under Uncategorized Tags: Biosafety, BRAI Bill, Flawed BRAI Bill, GM crops, Modern Biotechnology
Bill introduced despite trenchant opposition within and outside the Parliament
New Delhi, 23rd April 2013: The Coalition for a GM-Free India expressed deep disappointment at the Government’s action of sneaking in the controversial Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill 2013, in Parliament today (22nd April, 2013) despite strong opposition from ... Continue Reading
“Mounting scientific evidence on adverse impacts of GM crops/foods”: Govt and Proponents should stop fooling public about transgenics
Published By kavitha On Tuesday, March 26th 2013. Under Uncategorized Tags: Biosafety, Environmental Impacts of GM crops, Health Impacts of GM crops, Scientific Evidence on GM crops, superpests, Superweeds
On the 11th anniversary of the official approval of Bt Cotton in India, Coalition for a GM Free India releases a compilation of more than 400 published papers showing adverse impacts of genetically modified crops / food
New Delhi 26/03/2013: On the 11th anniversary of the official approval of Bt cotton ... Continue Reading
“Biodiversity and Biosafety key to Food Security"
Published By kavitha On Sunday, February 17th 2013. Under Uncategorized Tags: Biodiversity, Biosafety, GM crops
“TRANSGENICS WILL NOT MEET OUR FOOD SECURITY NEEDS”
National Seminar on GM Crops and Food Security asks for a Biosafety Law to be enacted
New Delhi / Ahmedabad, February 15, 2013: The 2-day national seminar on “GM Crops and Food Security” jointly organized by Jatan Trust, Gujarat Vidyapith and Bharatiya Kisan Sangh ... Continue Reading
Letter from Civil Society Organisations on Improving current regulation and implementing a robust regulatory mechanism for GM crops to ensure biosafety
Published By kavitha On Sunday, January 6th 2013. Under Uncategorized Tags: Biosafety, Civil Society to MoEF, GM crops, GM regulation, SC TEC
New Delhi
2nd January 2013
To:
Ms. Jayanti Natarajan
Minister for State for Environment & Forests (Independent Charge)
Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex,
Lodi Estate, New Delhi.
Dear Madam,
Re: Improving current regulation and implementing a robust regulatory mechanism for GM crops to ensure biosafety
Greetings! And Happy New Year Wishes !
This is with regard to the first report of ... 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
GOVERNMENT’S POSITION IN COURT A LET-DOWN AND UNACCEPTABLE, A BOW TO THE PRESSURE FROM BIOTECH INDUSTRY
Published By kavitha On Friday, November 9th 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: Biosafety, Coalition for a GM-Free India, GM field trials, SC Technical Expert Committee & Field Trials
In today’s Supreme Court hearing in the PIL on GMOs, the Government of India, through its representative from the Ministry of Agriculture (and not the Ministry of Environment & Forests which has the jurisdiction on regulation of GM crops), opposed the scientifically sound recommendations of the Technical Expert Committee to ... Continue Reading
Open Letter from Indian Scientists to the Hon’ble Supreme Court
Published By kavitha On Thursday, November 8th 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: Biosafety, Bt brinjal, Bt crops, Centre of Diversity, GM field trials, Herbicide Tolerant crops, Task Force on Agricultural Biotechnology, TEC interim report
In the case of Aruna Rodrigues Vs. Union of India ( Writ Petition (Civil) No. 260 of 2005)
November 8, 2012
To:
Hon'ble Justices Swatanter Kumar & S.J Mukhopadhyay
Supreme court of India
In the case of Aruna Rodrigues Vs. Union of India
(Writ Petition (Civil) No. 260 of 2005)
Respected Sirs,
Sub: Request to accept the interim ... Continue Reading
Major Farmer Unions Urge Supreme Court To Stop GM Field Trials
Published By kavitha On Wednesday, November 7th 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: AIKS, AISSMS, APRS, Biosafety, BKS, BKU, farmers' unions, GM field trials, Gujarat Khedut Samaj, SICCFM
Before the crucial hearing on 9th November on the interim report of the Court-appointed Technical Expert Committee (TEC) in the GMOs PIL in the Indian Supreme Court, major farmers’ unions across the country have sent letters to the Court, urging it to put an end to field trials of GM ... Continue Reading
MoEF should accept the Technical Expert Committee’s interim report on GMO field trials
Published By kavitha On Tuesday, November 6th 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: Biosafety, Convention on Biological Diversity, GM crop field trials, Supreme Court TEC and field trials
Coalition for a GM-Free India's letter to Ms Jayanti Natarajan:
6th November 2012
To
Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan,
Hon’ble Minister for Environment & Forests
Government of India.
Dear Madam,
Sub: MoEF should accept the Technical Expert Committee’s interim report on GMO field trials and safety assessment
Greetings!
As you are well aware, that the Supreme Court has a crucial hearing ... Continue Reading
All field trials to be stopped, unless conditions met: SC Technical Expert Committee submits interim report
Published By kavitha On Thursday, October 18th 2012. Under Field Trials, Uncategorized Tags: Biosafety, Bt brinjal, Bt cotton, GM field trials, Moratorium on Bt food crops, SC technical expert committee in GMOs PIL
"10-year Moratorium on field trials of Bt food crops, Moratorium on field trials of Herbicide Tolerant crops (till independent assessment of impact and suitability) and Ban on field trials of GM crops for which India is Centre of Origin/Diversity"
In an Interim Report signed off on 7th October 2012 (D.No.1944/2005/SC/PIL in ... Continue Reading
Coalition condemns Biotech industry attempts to hijack and dilute the CBD MOP6 discussions
Published By kavitha On Saturday, October 6th 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: Biosafety, Biotech Industry, CBD MOP6, Coalition for GM-Free India, Field Trials, Monsanto, Nagoya Supplementary Protocol, Precautionary Principle, Socio Economic Considerations
MOP exposes real safety concerns of GM crops;
Coalition demands that India should not allow any open-air field trials or release of GM crops.
A comprehensive Biosafety Law be enacted with strict liability and redress provisions.
The CBD MOP6, has for once, exposed the Global Biotech industry’s attempts to ... Continue Reading
