Complaint regarding coercion of state govts for No Objection Certificates for field Trials ; HTBt cotton environmental release and notified field trial sites (Decisions taken in GEAC’s 149th meeting)
Published By kavitha On Tuesday, June 6th 2023. Under Field Trials
from:
GM Free India <indiagmfree@gmail.com>
to:
office@bhupenderyadav.in,
bhupender.yadav@sansad.nic.in,
mefcc@gov.in
cc:
asnpg.mefcc@gov.in,
geac.secretariat@gov.in,
satyendra.kumar07@nic.in,
Abhilasha Singh Mathuriya <abhilasha.mathuriya@gov.in>,
cm@maharashtra.gov.in,
cmo@telangana.gov.in,
cm@ap.gov.in,
cm-hp@nic.in,
cm-ua@nic.in,
cmup@nic.in,
cm@mp.nic.in,
cmoffice-arn@gov.in,
cm@assam.gov.in,
cm-secretariat-bih@gov.in,
cmcg@nic.in,
cmdelhi@nic.in,
cm.goa@nic.in,
cmguj@gujarat.gov.in,
cmharyana@nic.in,
secretarytocmjharkhand@gmail.com,
cm.kar@nic.in,
cm@karnataka.gov.in,
chiefminister@kerala.gov.in,
dit-mn@nic.in,
tjr.sangma@nic.in,
cm@mizoram.gov.in,
cm_nagaland@yahoo.com,
cmo@nic.in,
cm.ipon@nic.in,
cmo@punjab.gov.in,
cmrajasthan@nic.in,
cm-skm@hub.nic.in,
cmcell@tn.gov.in,
dr.maniksaha@sansad.nic.in,
cm-wb@nic.in
date:
6 Jun 2023, 10:00
subject:
Complaint regarding coercion of state govts for No Objection Certificates for field Trials ; HTBt cotton environmental release and notified field trial sites (Decisions taken in GEAC's 149th meeting)
mailed-by:
gmail.com
To:
Shri Bhupender Yadav,
Hon’ble Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change,
Government of India.
Sub: Decisions in ... Continue Reading
Response from Coalition for GM-Free India on FSSAI’s Draft GM Food Regulation
Published By kavitha On Wednesday, January 18th 2023. Under Uncategorized
From: GM Free India <indiagmfree@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 at 08:07
Subject: Response on Food Safety & Standards (Genetically Modified Foods) Draft Regulations, 2022
To: <regulation@fssai.gov.in>
Cc: <ceo@fssai.gov.in>, <india-hfm@gov.in>, Preeti Sudan <secyhfw@nic.in>, <mansukh.mandaviya@sansad.nic.in>
To:
The Chief Executive Officer,
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI),
FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road,
New Delhi – 110 002
Email: regulation@fssai.gov.in
18th January 2023
Sub: Objections/Suggestions with ... Continue Reading
Response 1 to FSSAI GM Regulation Draft
Published By kavitha On Saturday, January 14th 2023. Under Uncategorized
COMMENTS & SUGGESTIONS ON FSSAI’S DRAFT NOTIFICATION ON FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS (GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS) REGULATIONS 2022 AS PER FORMAT SUGGESTED BY FSSAI, FROM COALITION FOR A GM-FREE INDIA (http://indiagminfo.org)
Subject: Draft Notification on Food Safety & Standards (Genetically Modified Foods) Regulations, 2022
Sr No
Name and Address of the organisation/person, contact number ... Continue Reading
Statement on Bar Gene in GM Mustard by agriculture scientists
From: soma marla <marlass_ag@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 3:28 PM
Subject: Open Statement on Bar Gene in GM Mustard from scientists: Request for publication
To:
Sir/Madam,
Open Statement on Bar Gene in GM Mustard
Date: 10th Dec., 2022
We introduce ourselves as scientists, having expertise in the various advanced
disciplines of biology, plant breeding and environmental science and ... Continue Reading
Coalition’s letter to MoEFCC on GM mustard
Published By kavitha On Thursday, October 20th 2022. Under Uncategorized
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From: GM Free India <indiagmfree@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 at 12:30
Subject: Serious objections to appraisal processes for GM mustard by GEAC - Your intervention requested
To: <mefcc@gov.in>
Cc: <bhupender.yadav@sansad.nic.in>, <asnpg.mefcc@gov.in>
To:
Shri Bhupender Yadav,
Hon’ble Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change,
Government of India.
Dear Sir,
Sub: GEAC proceeding inexorably towards approval for commercial cultivation of ... Continue Reading
Coalition writes to MoEFCC on risky unscientific and illegal exemption to certain categories of gene edited plants
Published By kavitha On Thursday, May 19th 2022. Under Uncategorized
To: 19th May, 2022
Shri Bhupender Yadav,
Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change
Email: mefcc@gov.in
Dear Shri Bhupender Yadav,
Sub: Guidelines notified for Genome Edited Organisms with exemptions provided from regulation to certain categories of Genome Edited Organisms/Plants and products thereof – reg.
Ref: Office Memorandum, dated 17th May 2022 of Department of ... Continue Reading
Coalition’s response to FSSAI on its draft GM foods regulations (Jan.14th 2022)
Published By kavitha On Monday, January 17th 2022. Under Uncategorized Tags: FSSAI GM foods, GM Foods, Poison in our Foods
You can download the detailed response sent to FSSAI by the Coalition, including the endorsements of organisations and professionals till 5.30pm of January 14th 2022 here (this was done in case there was no extension of deadline for feedback - later on, this was extended till Feb.5th 2022): http://indiagminfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Detailed-Feedback-on-FSSAIs-Draft-GM-Foods-Regulations-2021-1.pdf
The response in ... Continue Reading
Urg request for extension of public feedback deadline for FSSAI draft regulations on GM foods
Published By kavitha On Thursday, January 6th 2022. Under Uncategorized
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From: GM Free India <indiagmfree@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2022 at 11:31
Subject: Urg request for extension of public feedback deadline for FSSAI draft regulations on GM foods
To: <ceo@fssai.gov.in>
Cc: <chairperson@fssai.gov.in>, <hfm@gov.in>, <vaibhav.bajaj@gov.in>, Preeti Sudan <secyhfw@nic.in>
To:
The Chief Executive Officer,
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI),
FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road, near Bal Bhawan,
New ... Continue Reading
नागरिकों द्वारा संशोधित जीन युक्त (जीएम) खाद्य पदार्थों पर एफएसएसएआई के प्रस्तावित अपर्याप्त विनियमों को अस्वीकार करने की प्रक्रिया शुरू – सार्वजनिक प्रतिक्रिया के लिए समय सीमा को 15 जनवरी 2022 से आगे बढ़ाने की मांग फ़ैली
Published By kavitha On Thursday, January 6th 2022. Under Uncategorized
नई दिल्ली, 6 जनवरी 2022:जीएम खाद्य पदार्थों पर एफएसएसएआई के प्रस्तावित नियमों के खिलाफ नागरिकों की आवाज़ तेज़ी से उठ रही है। नागरिक प्रस्तावित विनियमों पर सार्वजनिक प्रतिक्रिया देने के लिए एफएसएसएआई द्वारा दी गई समय सीमा के विस्तार के साथ-साथ स्थानीय भाषाओं में इन को उपलब्ध कराने मांग कर ... Continue Reading
Citizens begin rejecting FSSAI’s draft regulations on GM foods which they find woefully inadequate – Growing demand for extension of deadline for public feedback beyond January 15th 2022
Published By kavitha On Thursday, January 6th 2022. Under Uncategorized
New Delhi, January 6th 2022: Citizen voices are getting stronger and louder against FSSAI’s draft regulations on GM foods. Citizens are also increasingly demanding for an extension of the deadline given for public feedback by FSSAI on its draft regulations as well as making the draft available in vernacular languages. ... Continue Reading
Letter to GEAC to investigate reported GM rice from India
Published By kavitha On Friday, November 12th 2021. Under Uncategorized
from:
GM Free India <indiagmfree@gmail.com>
to:
asaj.moefcc@gov.in,
asud.moefcc@gov.in,
kveluthambi@rediffmail.com,
sricha@ias.nic.in,
geac.secretariat@gov.in,
tk.kathula@nic.in,
drmadhudikshit@gmail.com,
nitink.jain@nic.in,
director.seed@icar.gov.in,
sbakshi@fssai.gov.in,
sbakshi.fssai@gmail.com,
vbandi_1953@yahoo.com,
sachinandan@ndri.res.in,
Sachinandan De <sachinandan@gmail.com>,
aksingh@iari.res.in,
prasanna@barc.gov.in,
aks_gene@yahoo.com,
penna888@yahoo.com,
Lalitha Gowda <lrgowda2k11@gmail.com>,
sushilgupta-cgwb@nic.in,
Geeta Jotwani <drjgeeta@gmail.com>,
jotwanig@icmr.org.in,
n.sathyanarayana@nic.in,
drusharao.ipo@nic.in,
psbiocontrol@rediffmail.com,
khurana183@gmail.com,
dci@nic.in,
dilipkrmark@yahoo.com,
Ashok Kumar Bhatnagar <akbhatnagar49@gmail.com>,
balu_tnau@yahoo.co.in,
anilk.jain@gov.in
cc:
mefcc@gov.in,
bhupender.yadav@sansad.nic.in,
secy-moef@nic.in,
chairman@apeda.gov.in,
ssnayyar@apeda.gov.in,
piyush.goyal@gov.in,
diwakar.misra@nic.in
To:
Shri A.K. Jain,
Chairperson,
Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee,
Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change,
Indira Paryavaran Bhavan, Jor Bagh, New Delhi.
Date - 19th October 2021
Dear Sir,
Sub: Broken white rice from India withdrawn from European Union after found to being GM in origin ... Continue Reading
Action demanded on companies found to be selling illegal HT cotton seeds
Published By kavitha On Tuesday, November 2nd 2021. Under Uncategorized Tags: HT cotton, Illegal HT cotton seeds
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From: GM Free India <indiagmfree@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2021 at 09:30
Subject: Urgent Action on authorised seed companies selling illegal HT cotton seed
To: <asud.moefcc@gov.in>, <tk.kathula@nic.in>
Cc: <mefcc@gov.in>, <kushal.vashist@gov.in>
To: 2nd November 2021
Ms Uma Devi,
Chairperson,
Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee,
Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change,
Government of India.
Dear Madam,
Sub: Companies permitted by GEAC to sell ... Continue Reading
Govt of India’s decision to import GM soymeal into India patently illegal: Coalition for a GM-Free India
Published By kavitha On Wednesday, September 15th 2021. Under GM foods, Import, Uncategorized Tags: GM feed import
New Delhi, August 27th 2021: The Coalition for a GM-Free India, a civil society platform that had been in the forefront of struggles against hazardous gene technologies being deployed in India, has termed the decision of Government of India to import GM soymeal as patently illegal. “It is a case ... Continue Reading
Strong objection to MoEFCC allowing GM soy meal for livestock feed and GEAC abdicating its regulatory responsibility
Published By kavitha On Saturday, August 14th 2021. Under Uncategorized
Regulators in India are abdicating their responsibility yet again, and are leaving citizens to fend themselves from the threat of GM technology. Our readers would recall that we had put out a statement in July 2018:
http://indiagminfo.org/illegal-gm-foods-flooding-india-it-is-no-longer-a-case-of-simple-negligence-or-apathy-but-adoption-of-an-anti-citizen-policy-on-gm-foods/
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From: GM Free India <indiagmfree@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2021 at 14:48
Subject: Sub: Strong objection ... Continue Reading
Complaint with regard to illegal planting of GM crops in Maharashtra – immediate action required from regulators
Published By kavitha On Friday, April 2nd 2021. Under Uncategorized
from:
GM Free India <indiagmfree@gmail.com>
to:
asaj.moefcc@gov.in,
asud.moefcc@gov.in,
kveluthambi@rediffmail.com,
sricha@ias.nic.in,
geac.secretariat@gov.in,
tk.kathula@nic.in,
drmadhudikshit@gmail.com,
nitink.jain@nic.in,
director.seed@icar.gov.in,
sbakshi@fssai.gov.in,
sbakshi.fssai@gmail.com,
vbandi_1953@yahoo.com,
sachinandan@ndri.res.in,
Sachinandan De <sachinandan@gmail.com>,
aksingh@iari.res.in,
prasanna@barc.gov.in,
aks_gene@yahoo.com,
penna888@yahoo.com,
Lalitha Gowda <lrgowda2k11@gmail.com>,
sushilgupta-cgwb@nic.in,
Geeta Jotwani <drjgeeta@gmail.com>,
jotwanig@icmr.org.in,
n.sathyanarayana@nic.in,
drusharao.ipo@nic.in,
psbiocontrol@rediffmail.com,
khurana183@gmail.com,
dci@nic.in,
dilipkrmark@yahoo.com,
Ashok Kumar Bhatnagar <akbhatnagar49@gmail.com>,
balu_tnau@yahoo.co.in
cc:
mefcc@gov.in,
secy-moef@nic.in,
acs.agri@maharashtra.gov.in,
prakash.j@sansad.nic.in,
PRAKASH JAVADEKAR <pjavadekar@gmail.com>,
sec_agri@maharashtra.gov.in,
agripa.mah@nic.in
To:
The Chairperson,
Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC),
Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change,
Government of India.
Dear Sir,
Sub: Complaint with regard to illegal planting of GM crops in Maharashtra - immediate action required from regulators - reg.
Greetings! It has come ... Continue Reading