Madhya Pradesh opposes Biotech Regulatory Bill
Published By kavitha On Tuesday, November 22nd 2011. Under BRAI Bill, Field Trials, States Tags: BRAI Bill, Field Trials, States
You can download Dr Ramakrishna Kusmariya's letter to Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh here.
Madhya Pradesh opposes Biotech Regulatory Bill
Madhya Pradesh has decided to officially oppose the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill, to be tabled in the Parliament on Tuesday.
State Agriculture Minister Ramkrishna Kusmaria has written to Union Science and Technology ... Continue Reading
Farmers protest against BRAI Bill
Published By kavitha On Tuesday, November 22nd 2011. Under BRAI Bill Tags: BRAI Bill, Farmers Protest, Karnataka
Farmers protest against BRAI Bill
A group of farmers staged a demonstration outside the residence of Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda here on Monday. They were protesting against the Biotech Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill that is scheduled to be tabled in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
“The Chief Minister should ... Continue Reading
BRAI Bill tabling tomorrow: Opposition from all quarters
Published By kavitha On Monday, November 21st 2011. Under Biosafety, BRAI Bill, Press Releases, Regulatory Processes Tags: BRAI Bill
The text of the Statement of Concern signed by ten former Supreme Court Judges is available here
Appeal to Scrap Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill 2011
Jointly signed by various organisations and concerned citizens across the country
Date : 21 November 2011
To,
Dr. Manmohan Singh,
The Hon'ble Prime Minister,
Government of India.
Dear Dr. Manmohan ... Continue Reading
Former SC Judges oppose Bill on Biotechnology
FORMER SC JUDGES OPPOSE BILL ON BIOTECHNOLOGY
Chetan Chauhan chetan@hindustantimes.com
Ahead of the winter session of Parliament, former judges of the Supreme Court have questioned the efficacy of three bills on new regulatory authority for biotechnology sector, unfair practices in higher education and constitution of education tribunals.
The winter session has hectic ... Continue Reading
Bt cotton fails farmers in Tamil Nadu
Published By kavitha On Monday, November 21st 2011. Under Uncategorized Tags: Bt cotton, Failure, Insecticides
Bt cotton fails farmers in state
CHENNAI: For Arul Venkatesan, a cotton-growing farmer in the Aroor block of Dharmapuri district, the stand that Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa took in the Assembly in August, that her government will not “promote” GM crops in the State, “struck the ears like music”.
Venkatesan was one ... Continue Reading
More MPs write to PM against BRAI bill…..
Published By kavitha On Saturday, November 19th 2011. Under Uncategorized Tags: BRAI Bill, MPs object
Ms Ashwadesh Devi, Shri Umashankar Singh and Shri Omprakash Yadav - Lok Sabha MPs - also write in to the Prime Minister, asking him not to introduce the BRAI Bill in the Parliament. ... Continue Reading
Farm & Food Activists Demand Scrapping of BRAI Bill 2011
Published By kavitha On Saturday, November 12th 2011. Under Uncategorized Tags: BRAI Bill, Bt cotton, Field Trials, States
FARM & FOOD ACTIVISTS DEMAND SCRAPPING OF BRAI BILL 2011: Ask State Govt to raise its voice against the Bill and protect farmers’ interests – Seek disallowing of GM crop field trials in the state
Chennai, November 11, 2011: Farmers’ leaders from all over Tamil Nadu, cutting across various affiliations, demanded ... Continue Reading
BJP leader asks PM not to introduce BRAI Bill
BJP leader asks PM not to introduce BRAI Bill
Patna, 8/11/11: Bihar BJP president C P Thakur has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not to go ahead with the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill in its present form in the winter session of Parliament.
"This bill has major problems that ... Continue Reading
Members of Parliament write to PM on BRAI Bill
Published By kavitha On Tuesday, November 1st 2011. Under BRAI Bill, States Tags: BRAI Bill, MPs object, States
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT WRITE TO THE PM, AGAINST THE BRAI BILL
Capt. Jainarain Nishad, former Union Minister for Environment has written to the Prime Minister, expressing concern over the Government of India pushing forward the BRAI Bill.
Prof Anil Kumar Sahani, a Rajya Sabha MP, has also written to the PM, pointing ... Continue Reading
