This Report of the Committee on Agriculture deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Thirty-seventh Report of the Committee on Agriculture (2012-2013) on "Cultivation of Genetically Modified Food Crops - Prospects And Effects" of The Ministry of Agriculture (Department of Agriculture and Cooperation) …
This Report of the Committee on Agriculture deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Thirty-seventh Report of the Committee on Agriculture (2012-2013) on "Cultivation of Genetically Modified Food Crops - Prospects And Effects" of The Ministry of Agriculture (Department of Agriculture and Cooperation) …
In February 2010, during the Bangalore Public Hearing organised by then Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Mr. Jairam Ramesh on the question of according environmental clearance to B.t. Brinjal, India's first food GMO, Environment Support Group had raised the contention that the entire process by which the …
Monsanto, with an annual turnover of around 13.5 billion US dollars last year, is the largest seed company in the world. Based out of St. Luis in the USA, it also leads the Genetically Modified seed sector globally. Monsanto in India exists as Monsanto India Ltd, Monsanto Holding Pvt Ltd, …
Various farmers’ unions, environmentalists, social groups, scientific and health organisations as well as individual intellectuals came together on Friday to oppose the decision of the Punjab Government which recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the multi-national company Monsanto to what was projected as promoting crop diversification. In a joint …
Various kisan unions and health groups today came together to express shock and dismay at the Punjab Government’s decision to sign MoUs with Monsanto in the name of diversification. They pointed out that Monsanto had no expertise in the subject. On the contrary, it had a history of exploitative practices, …
The Principal Bench of the High Court of Karnataka (comprising Chief Justice Mr. Vikramjit Sen and Justice Mrs. B. V. Nagarathna) ordered issue of notice in the Public Interest Litigation (Writ Petition No. 41532/2012) filed by Environment Support Group, Bangalore (ESG) and listed the matter for further consideration for the …
Biopiracy is a compound word consisting of ‘bio’ which is a short form for ‘biology’ and ‘piracy’. Biopirates are those individuals and industries/companies accused of one or both of the following acts: (i) the theft, misappropriation of, or unfair free-riding on, genetic resources and/or traditional knowledge, and (ii) the unauthorized …
National Biodiversity Authority chairman Dr Balakrishna Pisupati said the abundant biodiversity of India exists to be shared with public and private scientific research organisations, both inland and abroad. Speaking on the sidelines of the MoP-6, Dr Pisupati said, “While we agree that there has been unregulated use of our plants …
This global citizens' report published by Navdanya, depicts concentration and restrictions in the global seed sector as a result of IPR regimes and corporate convergence. Focuses on the need to stop seed laws that are preventing farmers from saving and exchanging their native varieties. A global citizens' report on 'Seed …
