GMO news related to India

02.08.2010 |

Indian farmers’ body demands scrapping of Biotechnology Regulatory Authority Bill

A national-level prabandha samittee meet of Bharatiya Kisan Sangha was held at Parbhani, Maharastra on July 17 and 18 last where farmers from all corners of the country including Assam took part. [...] an important proposal was adopted against ‘legalisation of food colonialism and slavery of seed sovereignty through BRAI’. The meet observed that Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India Bill (BRAI), 2009 is a three- member regulatory body that will act as single-window clearing house for all genetically modified crops and their commercial application.

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