Re: [GENERAL] Suspicious Bill

Soory for my previous mail regarding GM crops in india. I didn't sent it
personally t every one, but when just provided login details to a site, it
fetched all contacts and sent a email to them.
Sorry about this.

shreeseva(dot)it(at)gmail(dot)com

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:53 PM, Ben Chobot <bench(at)silentmedia(dot)com> wrote:

> While I agree that GM crops are a potential source of badness, this email
> is highly inappropriate for this list (as I'm sure you've been told by now.)
>
> On Aug 18, 2011, at 2:22 AM, <shreeseva(dot)it(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> 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/stop-the-brai-bill.php<http://www.greenpeace.in/take-action/save-your-food/stop-the-brai-bill.php?tyf>
>
> Regards,
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Click here to ask PM Manmohan Singh to save your food<http://www.greenpeace.in/take-action/save-your-food/stop-the-brai-bill.php> Our
> government is working on a disastrous recipe. It’s a bill that will place
> genetically modified (GM) food on our plates, without our knowledge.
>
> The Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India *(BRAI) bill* can be
> tabled anytime in this monsoon session of Parliament. The bill, which is not
> even public, is being pushed in a *hasty and secretive* fashion. According
> to an earlier version leaked by the media, the bill will create a
> centralised non transparent body which will become the sole approver for GM
> crops. [1]
>
> By being secretive, the *government* is only *creating* more *suspicion*about the intention of the bill.
> *Public opposition* helped stop Bt Brinjal, last year.[2] Now we need to
> get the national government to stop this bill and save our food.
>
> *You should ask Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to stop this bill because it
> is not transparent.*
>
> http://www.greenpeace.in/take-action/save-your-food/stop-the-brai-bill.php
>
> Opposition from people against GM crops in Karnataka made the government
> declare a ban on the field trials of GM crops in the state. [3] This can
> be achieved again. Support from lakhs of people will help put *pressure on
> * the *PM* to stop this bill.
>
> The last known draft of the *bill* had a clause which allowed BRAI to *
> escape* the purview of *Right to Information*.[4] If the bill is passed as
> is, we will not be able to stop *genetic modification of 56 other crops*in the pipeline.
>
> Ask the PM to *stop this bill* now!
>
> http://www.greenpeace.in/take-action/save-your-food/stop-the-brai-bill.php
>
> Thanks a billion!
>
> [image: Photo of Kapil Mishra]
> Kapil Mishra
> Sustainable Agriculture Campaigner
> Greenpeace India
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> Sources:
>
> 1. A law unto itself, *www.outlookindia.com*, March 8, 2010
> http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264454
> 2. 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
> 3. No GM trials in State: Katti, *Deccan Herald*, July 20, 2011
>
> http://www.deccanherald.com/content/177877/no-gm-trials-state-katti.html
> 4. Biotech Bill: Sweeping powers, glaring omissions, *www.rediff.com*,
> March 11, 2010
>
> http://business.rediff.com/column/2010/mar/11/guest-biotech-bill-glaring-omissions.htm
>
> shreeseva(dot)it(at)gmail(dot)com
>
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