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 On Sunday, March 30th 2014. Under Field Trials, Regulatory Processes, Uncategorized  Tags: , , , , , ,   
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

Sharad Pawar spreads falsehoods in the Parliament on GM Crops

Published By On Tuesday, August 27th 2013. Under Uncategorized  Tags: , ,   
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

1000s to assemble at Jantar Mantar on Aug. 8th, demanding “GMOs, BRAI, Monsanto….Quit India!”

Published By On Tuesday, August 6th 2013. Under Uncategorized  Tags: , , ,   
The massive public debate and opposition to Genetically Modified crops will be touching a new high in the first week of the monsoon session of the Parliament with thousands of citizens from more than 18 states coming together at Jantar Mantar on this 8th of August, on the eve ... Continue Reading

Nationwide campaign against BRAI Bill and GM crops launched

Published By On Wednesday, June 26th 2013. Under Uncategorized  Tags: ,   
Nationwide campaign against BRAI Bill and GM crops launched
Farmer groups, Political leaders and Civil society join hands to fight Monsanto's “invasion” of our food and farming New Delhi, 25th June, 2013: The Coalition for a GM Free India along with various farmer unions, national political parties and diverse social and environmental movements, including Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan, Greenpeace-India, India ... Continue Reading

GOVERNMENT’S POSITION IN COURT A LET-DOWN AND UNACCEPTABLE, A BOW TO THE PRESSURE FROM BIOTECH INDUSTRY

Published By On Friday, November 9th 2012. Under Uncategorized  Tags: , , ,   
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

NO SHORT-CUT TO REAL BIOSAFETY

Published By On Wednesday, October 3rd 2012. Under Uncategorized  Tags: , ,   
Today (October 2nd 2012), civil society, particularly from the host country India, urged global leaders at the MOP6 on Biosafety Protocol to follow the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in letter and spirit, to ensure that our biodiversity and with it the access of the local people to their biological ... Continue Reading