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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: GM Free India <indiagmfree@gmail.com> Date: 28 July 2017 at 16:58 Subject: "Conditional Approval" for environmental release of GM mustard To: narendramodi1234@gmail.com, connect@mygov.nic.in, indiaportal@gov.in Cc: info@drharshvardhan.com, drhrshvardhan@gmail.com, ps2mefcc@gov.in, rsc-st@sansad.nic.in,am.krishi@nic.in To: Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India.   Dear Sir, Sub: Recommendation of a regulatory body for ‘environmental release’ or commercial cultivation of GM mustard in India ... Continue Reading

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: GM Free India <indiagmfree@gmail.com> Date: 28 January 2016 at 12:29 Subject: Response on the matters raised on GM Crops in NITI Ayog Occasional Paper-reg To: vch-niti@gov.in Coalition for a GM-Free India (Attached - Signed pdf copy of letter) 28th January 2016 To: Dr Aravind Panagariya, Vice Chairperson, NITI Aayog, Govt of India. Dear Dr Panagariya, Sub: The 16th December 2015 Occasional Paper of Niti ... Continue Reading

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

Karnataka state govt order banning Mahyco's Bt cotton ... Continue Reading

Coalition For a GM Free India urges Parliamentarians to stop the Agri Minister from misleading the Parliament and Nation New Delhi, 27th Aug 2013: Registering strong protest on the consistent false statements by the Union Agriculture Minister, Sharad Pawar, to promote GM crops, the Coalition for a GM Free India urged ... Continue Reading

Following is a letter from the Coalition for a GM-Free India to India's Agriculture Minister, Mr Sharad Pawar on the statements he made in an interview with CNN-IBN on GMOs, the Supreme Court TEC report etc. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: GM Free India Date: 21 August 2013 14:39 Subject: URG ATTN: ... Continue Reading

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

"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

ASKS GOVERNMENT TO IMMEDIATELY STOP ALL FIELD TRIALS. ALSO DEMANDS GOVT THROW OUT THE BRAI BILL AND BRING IN A BIOSAFETY STATUTE, AND STOP CALLING BT COTTON IN INDIA A SUCCESS New Delhi, August 9, 2012: Calling the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture’s report on GM crops a historic, comprehensive and ... Continue Reading

The following is a brief critique in the context of two 'studies' that claim great benefits, especially to smallholders, from Bt cotton in India. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/06/25/1203647109.full.pdf+html http://farmersforum.in/policy/study-on-socio-economic-impact-assessment-of-bt-cotton-in-india/ Has Bt technology improved cotton yields in India? Though studies after studies are being brought out by the biotech proponents and industry, claiming that they have findings to ... Continue Reading

THE FOLLOWING IS A CLARIFICATORY MAIL SENT BY UNION MINISTER MR JAIRAM RAMESH TO ABLE-AG, AFTER A PRESS RELEASE WAS PUT OUT BY THE INDUSTRY LOBBY GROUP QUOTING THE MINISTER OPPORTUNISTICALLY AND "APPROPRIATE HIS REMARKS TO ITS ADVANTAGE". From: Jairam Ramesh To: seetharama@ableindia.org Cc: Kavitha Kuruganti ; Pushpa Mittra Bhargava Sent: Wednesday, 13 June ... Continue Reading

“RIGHT TIME TO REVIEW TEN YEARS OF Bt COTTON” - NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON Bt COTTON QUESTIONS THE SUCCESS CLAIMS: EXPRESSES CONCERN ON THREAT TO OUR SEED SOVEREIGNTY New Delhi, June 12, 2012: A two-day national conference to review ten years of Bt cotton experience in India, by various stakeholders including farmers’ groups, ... Continue Reading

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

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

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