GM Free Bihar asks crop developers to quit Bt brinjal expert group

“No one can be judge in his own case” April 25th 2011, Patna: Ahead of a crucial meeting of a newly-constituted Expert Group to review Bt Brinjal, the GM-Free Bihar Movement has asked the members of the panel to recuse themselves from decision making as their presence was in conflict of interest. It also cited [...]

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GM-Free Bihar Movement has charged the Union Environment and Forest Minister

Patna, 16.12.09. GM-Free Bihar Movement has charged the Union Environment and Forest Minister Mr. Jairam Ramesh with having a bias towards Bihar and being choosy in selecting venues for national consultancy in the run-up to taking the final decision on commercial use of Bt-brinjal crop. “Bihar is an agriculture-based state with a large number of [...]

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Bt Brinjal: Under “tremendous pressure” for final approval

By Debjeet Sarangi, Jagannath Chatterjee;Bhubaneswar: The Bt Brinjal has been approved by the GEAC based upon an “Expert Committee Report – 2” (EC-2). At least one official who prepared the report was the one who helped GEAC interpret the report and approve it. There was “tremendous pressure” to approve the Bt Crop as the Chairman [...]

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हम भूखे मर जायेंगे लेकिन जहर नहीं खायेंगे

दिनांक १६.१०.२००९ को पटना स्थित आर ब्लाक चौराहे पर तारा फाउंडेशन एवम हमारा बीज बिहार नेटवर्क के सदस्यों तथा कार्यकर्ताओं ने विश्व खाद्य दिवस के अवसर पर उपवास का आयोजन किया. विदित हो की बीo टीo बैंगन को भारत की प्रथम जीo एम् फसल के रूप में जेनेटिक इंजीनियरिंग अप्प्रोवल कमिटी द्वारा दिनांक १४.१०.२००९ को [...]

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