New Delhi, July 31st 2017: The Coalition for a GM-free India, a pan-Indian informal alliance of more than 150 organisations, urged the Government of India to reject the GM mustard environmental release application without any further delay. Reacting to the Government’s statement in the Supreme Court that it has not yet taken a policy stand […]
Prominent Economists Write to PM on Environmental Release of GM Mustard
From: Sudarshan Iyengar <sudarshan54@gmail.com> Date: 30 July 2017 at 06:54 Subject: 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, radhamohansingh@radhamohansingh.com July 29th 2017 To, Hon. Prime Minister, Government of India, South Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi 110 011. Sub: Environmental Release of GM Mustard Dear Prime Minister, […]
Coalition writes to PM on how “conditional” approval to GM mustard is unfeasible
———- 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 […]
Eminent doctors of India write to PM asking him to reject the ‘environmental release’ application of GM mustard
To: July 27, 2017 Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India. Dear Sir, Sub: Reject the “environmental release” application of GM mustard Namaste. We write to you as concerned members of the medical fraternity of India, with regard to the possible approval to an application by Delhi University with the Ministry for Environment, Forests […]
WHY ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE OF HERBICIDE TOLERANT GM MUSTARD IS AGAINST NATIONAL INTEREST
You can download a pdf version of this note here. GM mustard is low yielder. After GEAC has back tracked on increased yield claims of GM mustard, there is no basis what so ever to go ahead with its approval ( “… the yield comparison with national and local checks which has commercial use applications […]
GM mustard: Facts against Myths Propagated
You can download a pdf version of this document here. GM Mustard: Facts against Myths Propagated MYTH FACTS “Commercialization of GM Mustard is necessary to increase mustard productivity. It has shown 28% increase in yield”. · Govt. of India admitted in an affidavit in the Supreme Court (Oct. 2016) that no claim has been made […]
18 scientists write to the PM – Ask him to intervene and stop GM HT mustard
You can download the letter sent by 18 scientists on 6th July 2017. Another letter, from Dr Sharad Pawar, a National Academy of Agricultural Sciences Fellow, on June 7th 2017 is available here.