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 ! […]
Govt betrays the nation on Earth Day! Tables deeply flawed (Biotech Regulatory Authority of India) BRAI Bill
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 parliamentarians, scientists, civil society […]
“Mounting scientific evidence on adverse impacts of GM crops/foods”: Govt and Proponents should stop fooling public about transgenics
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 in India, the Coalition […]
“Biodiversity and Biosafety key to Food Security"
“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 concluded in Ahmedabad […]
Transgenic Crop (Field Trial)s & Food Security: more than 150 scientists write to MoEF
To: February 8th, 2013 Ms Jayanti Natarajan, Hon’ble Minister for Environment & Forests, Government of India. Dear Madam, Sub: TRANSGENIC CROP (FIELD TRIAL)S & FOOD SECURITY Greetings! This is in the context of the Ministry of Agriculture responding on behalf of the Union of India to the Supreme Court Technical […]
“Food security through GM crops fallacious”: Scientists
National Safe Food Day being celebrated throughout the country, on 3rd anniversary of Bt brinjal moratorium (Please read this press release of the Coalition along with this letter : http://indiagminfo.org/?p=540) New Delhi, February 9th 2013: On the 3rd anniversary of a moratorium on Bt brinjal in India, in a letter to the Minister for Environment […]
Coalition condemns MoA’s attempt to bring in controversial people as “eminent speakers” in a Ministry’s Conference
The following is the text of a letter sent by the Coalition to the Minister for Agriculture, in the context of an upcoming Conference by the Ministry called “Doubling Food Production in Five Years”, on Feb. 1-3, 2013 in Delhi. A full page advertisement about this appeared in national newspapers including Economic Times on January […]
Mark Lynas & his support of GM crops – Much ado about nothing!
This note has been prepared in the context of the absolutely vested and purposefully planted story of Mark Lynas and his Confession. The Coalition for GM Free India sees this as a distraction, from the real debate on GM crops and its impacts, and its disturbing to see that even a section of the media […]
Letter from Civil Society Organisations on Improving current regulation and implementing a robust regulatory mechanism for GM crops to ensure biosafety
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 […]