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Email from Aruna Rodgrigues who had lodged a PIL against GMO in the Indian Supreme Court in 2005

I’m posting this email that I received on 10 June 2019 from Aruna Rodrigues about whom I’d never heard before but turns out she had lodged the PIL in 2005 which led to the Supreme Court appointing a Technical Committee. I’ll respond to Aruna’s comments in a separate post. == Dear Mr Sabhlok I don’t […]

Sequence of committees in India on Bt brinjal and their findings

Some background research: [This article provides a good summary as at 2010] 2005: Aruna Rodrigues lodged a PIL through her counsel, Prashant Bhushan. P.V. Satheesh from Hyderabad and Rajeev Baruah from Mhow, both specialists in organic farming, and Devinder Sharma, a policy analyst based in New Delhi, joined her as co-petitioners. [Source] 2009: The Genetic […]

Types of Bt seeds being planted across India

Detailed report on unapproved seeds. The packets used – these are not necessarily approved seeds but widely prevalent in India.  

Some flyers/ posters used by Shetkari Sanghatna for the 10 June 2019 civil disobedience

My next TOI blog post: Civil Disobedience in Akot, Akola

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Video debate on GM technology between Vandana Shiva and CS Prakash – full transcript

This is an important video – the 2000 debate between science and anti-GM passion. To understand better I transcribed it. The Word version here. The video below, and the transcript with my annotations below that. TRANSCRIPT WITH MY ANNOTATIONS IN BLUE Interviewer: Those who favour genetically modified crops insist that they are the best bet […]

Notes on GM activism in India and farmer technology isssues

These are notes based on information from a farmers and scientists Whatsapp group. Currently, I’m engaging with key anti-GM activists and in case I find they are not willing to engage with scientists, then I’ll know that they are a cult and I’ll come down pretty hard on them. == The adoption of Bt cotton […]

My next TOI blog posts: Yes, there is evidence that Bt brinjal is 100 per cent safe

I had sent these two as one post but TOI has a word limit of 1000 or so words for each post. So had to split them. Further, I had sent hyperlinks which they have not published. I’m posting the two links and also uploading the Word documents of the two posts so those interested […]

Please sign Amar Habib’s change.org petition if you’ve not already done so. SAVE THE INDIAN FARMER.

Here’s the petition.

My next TOI blog post: Our PM and CMs are puppets of the IAS

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