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| Join hands with lakhs of people to prevent the creation of BRAI. | |
On August 8, over 2,000 people came together at Parliament Street, Delhi demanding that the government withdraw the BRAI (Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India) bill and India be GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) free [1]. BRAI promotes GMOs and it will allow GM food to reach our plate by permitting multinational seed corporations, like Monsanto, sell GM seeds to our farmers [2]. BRAI will take away our right to eat safe and healthy food. We must not let this happen!
A delegation from among the activists met the Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, V. Narayanasamy, and gave him an organic, non GM cotton, India flag and memorandum asking the government to withdraw the BRAI bill 2013. The activists urged the Prime Minister to unfurl this flag on Independence Day as it was made without using Monsanto’s Bt Cotton. [3]
You can join this growing movement against the BRAI bill to keep our food safe and our agriculture free from corporate control.
We took our anti-GMO message directly to the government last week. But our struggle is not over. Currently, the BRAI bill is being reviewed by a Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests. [4] Once the Committee submits its report, the government will be eager to present the BRAI bill in Parliament.
The Standing Committee has asked for public feedback on the bill till August 25. If more people oppose the BRAI bill, there is a good chance that the Committee will recommend its withdrawal. We will deliver your signature and those of lakhs of others, opposing the bill to Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee before the 25th.
Food is life and safe food is our right! You can help in this struggle to save our food from genetic modification and protect our farmers from multinational seed giants. SIGN ON AND JOIN HANDS!
Thanks!
Neha Saigal
Greenpeace India
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Sources:
- Thousands demand BRAI bill be withdrawn, India be GMO free, Deccan Chronicle, Aug 11, 2013.
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130811/news-current-affairs/article/thousands-demand-brai-bill-be-withdrawn-india-be-gmo-free - ‘The new biotechnology bill will promote GM technology rather than regulate it’ , Tehelka, Aug 6th, 2013.
http://www.tehelka.com/activists-to-step-up-protest-against-brai-bill/ - Farmers demand hoisting of non-Bt cotton flag on Independence Day, TOI, Aug 8, 2013.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-08/delhi/41201028_1_cotton-production-brai-bill-kavitha-kuruganti - Biotechnology Bill: deadline for public feedback extended, Down to Earth, July 10, 2013.
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/biotechnology-bill-deadline-public-feedback-extended
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