Suspicious Bill

[hari haran]

Hi ,

I just signed a petition asking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to stop the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill from being passed.

This bill will create a body which will single-handedly clear all genetically modified (GM) crops. Public opposition made the Karnataka government ban field trials of GM crops in the state recently. Now we need to get the national government to stop this bill.
You should ask Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to stop the dangerous BRAI bill too.

http://www.greenpeace.in/take-action/save-your-food/ask-pm-stop-the-brai-bill.php

Regards,
hari haran

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Multinational seed companies want to genetically modify our food and control it. If we don’t raise our voice, our government might just let them go ahead with their experiments.

An illegal field trial of genetically modified (GM) corn was exposed in the Bijapur district of Karnataka.^[1] Immense public opposition made the Karnataka government ban field trials in the state.^[2] However Monsanto, the company conducting this trial, has not been punished for the violation.

Now the government is trying to table the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) bill in the monsoon session of Parliament. The bill is designed to create a body which will allow GM crops into the country.[3] Instead of stopping these companies, the government is only making things easier for them.

You should ask Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to stop this bill because it will hand too much power to seed companies:

http://www.greenpeace.in/take-action/save-your-food/ask-pm-stop-the-brai-bill.php

Public pressure helped get a moratorium on genetically modified Bt brinjal last year.^[4] This can be achieved again. Support from lakhs of people will help put pressure on the PM to stop this bill.

If not stopped, GM seed manufacturers will control our food and farming as farmers will have to go buy seeds from them each season. Ask the PM to save our food and farming now.

http://www.greenpeace.in/take-action/save-your-food/ask-pm-stop-the-brai-bill.php

Thanks a billion!

Kapil Mishra
Sustainable Agriculture Campaigner
Greenpeace India

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Sources:

1. ‘GM corn harvested in Bijapur district’, DNA, July 5, 2011
   http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_gm-corn-harvested-in-bijapur-district_1562513
2. No GM trials in State: Katti, Deccan Herald, July 20, 2011
   http://www.deccanherald.com/content/177877/no-gm-trials-state-katti.html
3. A law unto itself, www.outlookindia.com, March 8, 2010
   http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264454
4. India says no to Bt brinjal, for now, www.rediff.com, February 9, 2010
   http://business.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/09/india-says-no-to-bt-brinjal-for-now.htm

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