नई दिल्ली। जीएम सरसों को किसान विरोधी करार देते हुए जीएफ फसलों के विरोधी कार्यकर्ताओं ने इसे वाणिज्यिक रूप से जारी करने की मंजूरी दिये जाने की स्थिति में देशव्यापी हड़ताल करने की धमकी दी है। इस विरोध प्रदर्शन में भारत भर के जीएफ फसलों के विरोधी 150 संगठन इसे प्रतिबंधित करने की मांग करने जंतर मंतर पर इकट्ठा हुए।
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Calls Grow for Reevaluating GM Mustard, Release of Data – As Do Protests
New Delhi: Hundreds of farmers and activists gathered at Janta Mantar today to protest against genetically modified (GM) mustard. Their coming together coincided with the Supreme Court’s hearing a petition filed by the environmentalist Aruna Rodrigues seeking a ban on open field trials and the commercial release of GM mustard.
जीएम सरसों पर किसानों को मिला विपक्षी दलों का साथ
जीएम सरसों के खिलाफ लड़ाई में मंगलवार को एक राजनीतिक रंग दिखा. विपक्षी पार्टियां, किसानों और सामाजिक कार्यकर्ताओं के साथ विरोध प्रदर्शन करने एक ही मंच पर आ गईं और इनके साथ संघ परिवार के कुछ घटक भी खुलकर सरकार का विरोध करते दिखे.
Representatives of 120 organisations to demand ban on
New Delhi, Representatives of over 120 organisations from 20 states will gather at Jantar Mantar here tomorrow to demand a ban on commercial release of GM mustard.
No commercial release of GM Mustard crop sans nod: Centre to SC
The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that it would not commercially release Genetically Modified (GM) Mustard crop seeds without its permission. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi appearing before a bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur said if there would be any decision to go ahead with the field trials of the GM crop and for its commercial release, then it would first seek the apex court's permission.
Procedural Lapses Dog GM Mustard Approval As SC Begins Hearings
New Delhi: The Centre on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it will not approve the commercial use of genetically modified (GM) mustard without the court’s approval first. Attorney General (AG) Mukul Rohatgi gave this assurance before a three-judge Bench of Chief Justices T.S. Thakur and Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and L. Nageswara Rao while hearing a petition filed by the environmentalist Aruna Rodrigues. Rodrigues was seeking the prohibition of open field-trials and the commercial release of GM mustard. Earlier, on October 7, the court had asked the centre not to release GM mustard till the court could take a call on all the issues.
State puts up stiff resistance to GM crops
Expressing concern over the genetically modified (GM) crops and their impact on human health and biodiversity, an official delegation from Kerala has conveyed its strident objection to a proposal mooted by the Centre to remove impediments to research and field trials of GM crops.
Govt tells SC it won’t release GM mustard without court’s nod
New Delhi: The Centre told the Supreme Court on Monday that it will not release genetically modified (GM) mustard without the court’s nod. It, however, opposed the plea filed by environmentalist Aruna Rodrigues seeking prohibition of open field trials and commercial release of GM mustard.
Messing with mustard
The adoption of hi-tech genetically modified (GM) crops increased dramatically in the first decade of its introduction, but it was handicapped by a very narrow base and uncalculated risks. With unfulfilled promises and a tarnished image, it is now facing a reversal in its winning turf.
Big protest planned against GM mustard
A large number of people from different parts of the country will assemble here at Jantar Matar on October 25 to protest against GM mustard and other such Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), an official said.