ShareApril 20, 2010 New Delhi: The Minister for Science and Technology, Prithviraj Chavan was demanded to be arrested for establishing the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) today at the Anusandhan Bhavan Premises today. The group of volunteers dropped a 20 feet long banner, which read “Arrest the Minister, Drop the GM food [...]
ShareApril 16, 2010, New Delhi: An overwhelming majority – 94 per cent – of people say that they have the right to reject genetically modified foods (GM foods), revealed a citizens’ opinion poll released today by Greenpeace. The poll on genetically modified foods intended to understand citizens’ awareness and preferences related to GM foods, [...]
Genetically Engineered (GE) crops are organisms created artificially in labs through a process called recombinant DNA technology. The unpredictability and irreversibility of Genetic Engineering and the uncontrollability of GE crops in the environment coupled with studies pointing at the potential risk to human health and environment has resulted in a controversy across the world around the need for introducing such potentially risky organisms. This had also resulted in most countries in the world putting in place a precautionary approach towards GMOs reflected in their regulatory systems. India currently has a regulatory system in place, the intention and efficiency of which had been under question.
The Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India [BRAI] bill is to be tabled in the ongoing budget session of the parliament.
: why for GM? we are still having enough fertile lands and laws to protect them.
: Keep it up
: GM food is Ghastly and Monstrous to mankind's safety
: all these are interrelated. basically a stringent public review is required on liberalisation policy toprotect the citizens interests. liberalistion/globalisation is only for less tham 1% [...]
: The govt. trying to cover up the nuclear radiation at Delhi. Our probe reveals there is still contamination http://ow.ly/1KXu2 # Based on such news as above [...]
: It is our destiny that in a democratic country the government is forcing the people for consuming hazardous vegetables as per dictation of foreign [...]
: WE CAN NOT SEEP, ENTIRE NATION SHOULD BE MADE AWARE FOR THIS KIND OF ENCROACHMENT UNDER THE PRETEXT OF SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT, COMMON PEOPPLE AT LARGE [...]
: People are already vulnerable to many diseases caused by chemical contamination added in food. Chouhan being in a responsible position should not do this for [...]
: Mr.Chouhan is turning our agriculture into the ugly culture of MNC s.Arrest the foolishness of the bourgeois puppet.Hungry villagers of India needs land reformation for [...]
: Mr.Chouhan leads the country to slavary,poverty and innumerable miseries.The multinational corporations are providing the oppertunity to exploit the poor Indian flock.The class media chasing behind [...]