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Delegation of organic farmers from Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan meets Union Agriculture Minister and appeals for immediate hold on release of GM Mustard Under the aegis of Organic Farmers’ Association of India (OFAI) a delegation today (September 1, 2016) called upon the Union Minister of Agriculture, Sh Radha Mohan Singh and ... Continue Reading

To: Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Government of India.     Dear Chairperson, Members and SC’s Appointee in GEAC,   Namaste! In the Special Meeting of the GEAC on July 18th 2016, you assured us that the doors for dialogue are open and that we should send any additional material that we might ... Continue Reading

CITIZENS' GROUPS DEMAND THAT ODISHA STATE GOVERNMENT WRITE TO CENTRE AGAINST GM MUSTARD APPROVAL A Round Table meeting of citizens' groups including major farmer unions held on the subject of GM crops in general and GM mustard in particular on August 21st 2016 demanded that the state government of Odisha write to ... Continue Reading

விவசாயதலைவர்கள்மற்றும்சமூகஆர்வலர்கள்தமிழகஅரசைமரபணுகடுகுக்குஎதிராகமத்தியஅரசுக்குகடிதம்எழுதும்படிவற்புறுத்தல்.  தமிழகத்தின் பல்வேறு மாவட்டங்களிலிருந்தும் விவசாய தலைவர்கள், தமிழக வணிகர் சங்கம், பாதுகாப்பான உணவு மற்றும் சமூக ஆர்வரலர்கள் கலந்து கொண்டு மரபணு பயிர்கள் பற்றியும், குறிப்பாக மரபணு கடுகு பற்றியும் விரிவாக ஆலோசனை நடத்தினர்.  மரபணு பயிர்களின் கேடுகள் தெரிந்தும் இப்பொழுது மரபணு கடுகினை கொண்டுவர தயாராகும் மத்திய அரசுக்கு மரபணு பயிர்களை அனுமதிக்க வேண்டாமென மத்திய அரசுக்கு கடிதம் எழுதுமாறு தமிழக அரசை கேட்டுக்கொண்டனர். இந்த அதிமுக அரசு, தங்கள‌து ... Continue Reading

FARMER UNIONS, CITIZENS' GROUPS AND SCIENTISTS STRONGLY OPPOSE GM MUSTARD; DEMAND THAT STATE GOVERNMENTS WRITE TO CENTRE AGAINST GM MUSTARD APPROVAL   Hyderabad, August 13, 2016   A Round Table meeting of citizens' groups including major farmer unions and scientists, held on the subject of GM crops in general and GM mustard in particular ... Continue Reading

On July 18th 2016, a 8-member delegation consisting of Yudhvir Singh, Rampal Jat, Dr Sharad Pawar, Dr Debal Deb, Kapil Shah, Rajesh Krishnan, Ananthoo and Kavitha Kuruganti made detailed presentations of their objections against and concerns with regard to GM mustard of Delhi University's CGMCP. The GEAC, with Ms Amita ... Continue Reading

New Delhi, July 18, 2016: Avowing to step up their resistance against any possible approval of GM mustard in India, farm activists, scientists and others who made detailed presentations to GEAC today in a specially convened meeting of the regulatory body, presented fresh evidence to drive home their point about ... Continue Reading

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kavitha Kuruganti <kavitha_kuruganti@yahoo.com> Date: Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 12:38 PM Subject: After inviting a "team" for a "discussion", GEAC chooses not to listen to independent scientists, farmer leaders and consumer activists To: PRAKASH JAVADEKAR <pjavadekar@gmail.com> Cc: "kveluthambi@rediffmail.com" <kveluthambi@rediffmail.com>, "bishwanath.sinha@nic.in" <bishwanath.sinha@nic.in>, "bnsinha@gov.in" <bnsinha@gov.in>, "crbabu26@gmail.com" <crbabu26@gmail.com>, "crb26@hotmail.com" <crb26@hotmail.com>, "sesikeran@gmail.com" <sesikeran@gmail.com>, "nppbg@pau.edu" <nppbg@pau.edu>, "kk.sinha@nic.in" ... Continue Reading

On June 20th 2016, despite inviting a team of the Coalition for a GM Free India with a subject line that said "Meeting to discuss concerns with regard to transgenic technology and GM mustard", and despite us asking for at least 2 hours' presentation time for a 7-member delegation (at ... Continue Reading

Erratum: The Coalition's calculation of Male Sterility breakdown in Varuna barnase line, as described in Point 5 (i) in the letter below to the Ministers and PM is incorrect, and we regret this mistake from our side. The Ludhiana trial data shows that out of 10 branches of male sterile ... Continue Reading

New Delhi, April 6th 2016: In Orders with far-reaching implications, the Central Information Commission (CIC) directed the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), the apex regulatory body for GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) in India under the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change to verify and provide biosafety dossier of GM ... Continue Reading

GM MUSTARD TESTING RIGGED FOR UNSCIENTIFIC DECISION-MAKING:  DMH-11 YIELDS 10.4% TO 27.5% LESS THAN OTHER EXTENSIVELY TESTED CULTIVARS! YOU CAN DOWNLOAD A PDF COPY OF THIS NOTE HERE. This note prepared by the Coalition for a GM-Free India is about the R&D and testing of University of Delhi South Campus (UDSC)’s transgenic mustard hybrid ... Continue Reading

New Delhi, March 10th 2016: Releasing data from rapeseed-mustard seed testing evaluations from the country, and comparing it with the results being presented and claimed with regard to the controversial transgenic mustard hybrid DMH-11, the Coalition for a GM-Free India along with independent scientists, stated that GM mustard testing has ... Continue Reading

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kavitha Kuruganti <kavitakuruganti@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 6:57 AM Subject: Harish Damodaran & Amitabh Sinha piece on GM mustard To: harish damodaran IE <harishdamodaran@hotmail.com>, amitabh.sinha@expressindia.com Cc: viveck.goenka@expressindia.com, prabhas.jha@expressindia.com, The Indian Express <editor@expressindia.com>, feedback@indianexpress.com Dear Harish Damodaran and Amitabh Sinha, You have written a piece recently (on February 8th 2016, titled GM Row Again, ... Continue Reading

To: Shri Prakash Javadekar, Minister for Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Government of India.   Dear Sir,   Sub: Meeting to discuss concerns with regard to transgenic technology and its regulation in India – reg.   Greetings! This is as a follow up to our meeting that emerged out of a citizens’ protest outside MoEFCC on February 5th 2016 when ... Continue Reading