GMOs, BRAI, Monsanto... Quit India Rally at Jantar Mantar, Sansad Marg, Connaught Place (CP) > 11am-5pm on 8th August 2013
Time : 11:00 am - 5:00 pm (Photo opportunity from 2-5pm)
Entry : Free
Event Description : Thousands to Assemble on Parliament Street on August 8th, demanding GMOs, BRAI, Monsanto... Quit India
On the eve of ‘Quit India Day’, thousands of citizens from more than 20 states coming together to protest against Genetically Modified crops. The Coalition for a GM-Free India along with Greenpeace India has called for a day-long dharna and a march to the Parliament demanding that GMOs, BRAI and Monsanto... Quit India!
MPs across party lines, major farmer unions across party cells, scientists and environmentalists to join thousands of protestors.
Website : www.MarchAgainstGMO.org
Background : The dharna is part of the public campaign launched by the Coalition for a GM-Free India demanding that the Union Government stop promotion of GM crops which are a threat not only to the health of our citizens, our environment and farm livelihoods but also to the nation's sovereignty itself.
“We are assembling in big numbers on the eve of ‘Quit India day’ to send a strong message to our government that citizens of this country are not going to allow the government to sell away our food, farming and freedom to corporate interests,” said Pankaj Bhushan, Co-Convenor, Coalition for a GM-Free India.
Pointing to the fact that BRAI is nothing but a ‘Monsanto Promotion and Protection Act', Rajesh Krishnan, Co-Convenor of the Coalition said, “At a time when various credible bodies including the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture and the Technical Expert Committee (TEC) set up by the Supreme Court have recommended for a precautionary approach towards modern biotechnology in our food and farming, it is absolutely unacceptable that the Union government, especially the Ministry of Agriculture, continues to promote GM crops”.
The protest at Parliament Street comes at a time when the Union government has introduced the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill, 2013 in Parliament in the last (budget) session.
Entry : Free
Place : Jantar Mantar, Sansad Marg, Connaught Place (CP), New Delhi
Landmark : Opposite 'The Park' Hotel
Venue Info : Map | Nearest Metro Stations - 'Patel Chowk(Yellow Line)Exit-Gate No.-2' & 'Shivaji Stadium(Orange Line)' & 'Rajiv Chowk (Blue Line)'
Event Description : Thousands to Assemble on Parliament Street on August 8th, demanding GMOs, BRAI, Monsanto... Quit India
On the eve of ‘Quit India Day’, thousands of citizens from more than 20 states coming together to protest against Genetically Modified crops. The Coalition for a GM-Free India along with Greenpeace India has called for a day-long dharna and a march to the Parliament demanding that GMOs, BRAI and Monsanto... Quit India!
MPs across party lines, major farmer unions across party cells, scientists and environmentalists to join thousands of protestors.
Website : www.MarchAgainstGMO.org
Background : The dharna is part of the public campaign launched by the Coalition for a GM-Free India demanding that the Union Government stop promotion of GM crops which are a threat not only to the health of our citizens, our environment and farm livelihoods but also to the nation's sovereignty itself.
“We are assembling in big numbers on the eve of ‘Quit India day’ to send a strong message to our government that citizens of this country are not going to allow the government to sell away our food, farming and freedom to corporate interests,” said Pankaj Bhushan, Co-Convenor, Coalition for a GM-Free India.
Pointing to the fact that BRAI is nothing but a ‘Monsanto Promotion and Protection Act', Rajesh Krishnan, Co-Convenor of the Coalition said, “At a time when various credible bodies including the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture and the Technical Expert Committee (TEC) set up by the Supreme Court have recommended for a precautionary approach towards modern biotechnology in our food and farming, it is absolutely unacceptable that the Union government, especially the Ministry of Agriculture, continues to promote GM crops”.
The protest at Parliament Street comes at a time when the Union government has introduced the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill, 2013 in Parliament in the last (budget) session.
GMOs, BRAI, Monsanto... Quit India Rally at Jantar Mantar, Sansad Marg, Connaught Place (CP) > 11am-5pm on 8th August 2013
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