Coalition writes to PM on how “conditional” approval to GM mustard is unfeasible
Published By kavitha On Friday, July 28th 2017. Under Uncategorized Tags: Bt cotton, conditional environmental release, GEAC, Glufosinate, GM Mustard, non-Bt cotton refuge
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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
Coalition points to why NITI Ayog’s Occasional Paper section on GM crops is pedestrian: Urges NITI Ayog to refrain from such papers if it cannot adopt rigorous facts-based analysis
Published By kavitha On Thursday, January 28th 2016. Under Uncategorized Tags: Bt cotton, NITI Ayog GM crops
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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
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
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
Sharad Pawar spreads falsehoods in the Parliament on GM Crops
Published By kavitha On Tuesday, August 27th 2013. Under Uncategorized Tags: Bt cotton, Coalition for a GM-Free India, Pawar falsehoods
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
Sharad Pawar’s statement on “if things go wrong” with GMOs….
Published By kavitha On Thursday, August 22nd 2013. Under Uncategorized Tags: Bt cotton, GMOs in India, SC TEC
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.
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From: GM Free India
Date: 21 August 2013 14:39
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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
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 FOR A GM-FREE INDIA WELCOMES THE PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE’S REPORT ON GM CROPS
Published By kavitha On Thursday, August 9th 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: Basudeb Acharia, Biosafety, BRAI Bill, Bt brinjal, Bt cotton, GM crops, Parliamentary Standing Committee
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
‘Studies’ that hype Bt cotton benefits, don’t show how Bt technology contributed to yields: a brief critique
Published By kavitha On Tuesday, July 10th 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: bollworm incidence, Bt cotton, Bt cotton and Yields
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
Time for a comprehensive evaluation of the Bt cotton experience: Jairam Ramesh
Published By kavitha On Friday, June 15th 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: Bt cotton, Bt cotton evaluation in India
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 a decade of Bt cotton: National conference questions the success claims
Published By kavitha On Friday, June 15th 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: Bt cotton, Bt cotton suicides, Cotton yields in India, Precautionary Principle, riskiness of Bt cotton
“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
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
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