Coalition’s New Report: GM HT MUSTARD APPROVAL IS A STORY OF A HIGHLY COMPROMISED REGULATORY REGIME
Brief Report released on 6th January 2023 can be accessed here: Regulatory-Violations-GM-mustard-Final-Report-January-2023.pdf (indiagminfo.org) (available only in English) Hindi Summary as a Powerpoint Presentation is available here: Serious & Objectionable Regulatory Lapses with regard to GM HT Mustard of DU (indiagminfo.org) English Summary as a Powerpoint Presentation is available here: Serious & Objectionable Regulatory Lapses with regard to GM HT […]
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 […]
URGENT LETTER FROM MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ON GM MUSTARD
URGENT LETTER FROM MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ON GM MUSTARD To: 05/12/2022 The Honorable Prime Minister of India Government of India. Subject: Request for Immediately Nullifying Environmental Release of GM Mustard and Destruction of the fields planted to GM mustard Dear Honourable Prime Minister, As medical professionals and nutritionists, we welcome your initiatives to encourage […]
किसान नेताओं ने पीएम मोदी को लिखा पत्र, जीएम सरसों की पर्यावरणीय रिलीज पर तत्काल रोक लगाने का आग्रह किया
दिनांक : 27 November 2022 श्री नरेन्द्र मोदी माननीय प्रधान मंत्री भारत सरकार नई दिल्ली को कॉपी: श्री भूपेंद्र यादव, माननीय पर्यावरण, वन और जलवायु परिवर्तन मंत्री, भारत सरकार नई दिल्ली श्री नरेंद्र सिंह तोमर कृषि और किसान कल्याण मंत्री भारत सरकार नई दिल्ली विषय : जी. एम. /एच.टी. सरसों, डी.एच.एम-11 के “पर्यावरण रिलीज” […]
Farmer Leaders write to PM Modi urging him to immediately stop GM mustard
Dated: 27 November 2022 To, Shri Narendra Modi Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Government of India New Delhi Copy to: Shri Bhupender Yadav, Hon’ble Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India. New Delhi Shri Narendra Singh Tomar Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Government of India. New Delhi […]
माननीय सर्वोच्च न्यायालय से आग्रह: जहां भी जीएम सरसों की रोपाई की गई है, उसे उखाड़ने का आदेश जारी करे
प्रेस विज्ञप्ति भारत सरकार को जीएम सरसों पर असत्य और गलत बयानों के साथ भारत के सर्वोच्च न्यायालय को गुमराह करना बंद करना चाहिए: भारत को असुरक्षित जीएम सरसों की आवश्यकता नहीं माननीय सर्वोच्च न्यायालय से आग्रह: जहां भी जीएम सरसों की रोपाई की गई है, उसे उखाड़ने का आदेश जारी करे नई दिल्ली, 28 […]
GOVT OF INDIA SHOULD STOP MISLEADING THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA WITH UNTRUE AND INCORRECT STATEMENTS ON GM MUSTARD: INDIA DOES NOT NEED UNSAFE GM MUSTARD – HON’BLE SUPREME COURT URGED TO ORDER IMMEDIATE UPROOTING OF GM MUSTARD CROP IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS
Press Release GOVT OF INDIA SHOULD STOP MISLEADING THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA WITH UNTRUE AND INCORRECT STATEMENTS ON GM MUSTARD: INDIA DOES NOT NEED UNSAFE GM MUSTARD HON’BLE SUPREME COURT URGED TO ORDER IMMEDIATE UPROOTING OF GM MUSTARD CROP IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS New Delhi, November 28th 2022: Coming down heavily on the Government of […]
Coalition’s letter to MoEFCC on GM mustard
———- Forwarded message ——— 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, […]
Coalition writes to MoEFCC on risky unscientific and illegal exemption to certain categories of gene edited plants
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 […]
Coalition’s response to FSSAI on its draft GM foods regulations (Jan.14th 2022)
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 the narrow format that […]
Urg request for extension of public feedback deadline for FSSAI draft regulations on GM foods
———- Forwarded message ——— 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 […]
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
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 रहे हैं। कई सालों की […]
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
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. FSSAI has notified draft regulations […]
Letter to GEAC to investigate reported GM rice from India
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: […]
Action demanded on companies found to be selling illegal HT cotton seeds
———- Forwarded message ——— 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. […]