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• Urgent: Why the MoEF and NGRBA should reject the pro Hydro IMG report headed by BK Chaturvedi
  Dear All,
  

  Please find a detailed critique of the Report of the Inter Ministerial
  Group (IMG) on Hydropower projects in Upper Ganga Basin and Ganga River at:
  

  [link]
  
  

• Western Ghats Betrayal! - Gadgil's open letter to Kasturirangan
  valuable elements of biodiversity. Photo: A. Shaikmohideen
  England protesting its imperialistic invasion of Suez to become an
  Indian citizen, once said: “Reality is not only stranger than we
  suppose, but stranger than we CAN suppose!” I could never have imagined
  that you would be party to a report such as that of the High Level
  
  
• Waste Masti Workshop
  *Come! Learn! Experience! Practice! *
  

  Transform waste into cash and preserve the environment!
  

  Did you know?
  • Waste is a resource which is not utilized
  • Delhi produces 8000 tonnes of municipal waste daily. 60% of it consists
  of compostable materials
  • Delhi produces 10,000 tonnes of E-waste per year
  
  

• Research Proves that Men Should Be The Ones In Skirts
  Dear Friends-See the wisdom our our ancestors who evolved Dhoti which was the dress of men in whole of India in one form or the other.
  Research Proves that Men Should Be The Ones In Skirts
  Source: belmarrahealth.com
   
  Dr. Amar Singh Azad sent this using ShareThis. Please note that ShareThis does not verify the ownership of this email address.
  
  
• Justice Ruma Pal, Open Magazine on difference between Courts & Tribunals
  *Justice Ruma Pal, Open Magazine on difference between Courts & Tribunals*
  

  Delivering the fifth V.M. Tarkunde memorial lecture, former Supreme Court
  judge Ruma Pal described the increasing tribunalisation (the executive
  decision to set up specialised tribunals) as a serious encroachment on the
  
  

• Fwd: Take a look at this article
  Getting to the Root of How GMO Plants Harm Food Production and Your Health
  

  [image: Mercola]**
  

  Hi azadamarsi...@yahoo.co.in,
  

  Dr. Amar Singh Azad has sent you a message and recommends the web page
  below.
  

  *Take a look at this article:*
  Url:
  [link]
  
  

• The joy of giving: the Langar culture of rural Punjab
  [link]
  

  Opinion <[link]> »
  Columns<[link]>» Harsh
  Mander <[link]> May 18,
  2013
  Barefoot
  The joy of givingHarsh Mander
  
  

• SIGN ON, DEMANDING ACTIVIST MADHURI KRISHNASWAMY'S RELEASE
  Dear friends,
  

  Many of you would have read or heard about Madhuri Krishnaswamy's judicial
  remand; Madhuri behn is well known for her extraordinary work to secure
  tribal and dalit rights; she is also a well known food rights and
  sustainable agriculture activist. You can read the Hindu report about she
  
  

• http://www.cityairnews.com/content/interaction-cancer-affected-children
  [link]
  
  
• http://www.cityairnews.com/content/punjab-frames-policy-cancer-fund
  [link]
  
  
• Fwd: [ASHA] Delhi High Court for pesticide check on vegetables, fruits
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  To: asha-kisanswaraj <asha-kisanswaraj@googlegroups .com>, arunprasad <
  arunpra...@buddiesinfotech.com >
  

  [link]
  

  Delhi HC for pesticide check on vegetables, fruits Harish V
  
  

• Pledge to Support States Sued By Monsanto to Stop GMO Labeling - azadamarsingh@gmail.com - Gmail
  [link]
  
  
• Fw: brochure of seminar on S. Vivekananda
  To: "cs talwar" <cstalwa...@yahoo.com>, nadda.vi...@gmail.com, prof_din...@hotmail.com, vineykapoor2...@yahoo.co.in, rajinde...@gmail.com, vipan...@ymail.com, krishangopal2...@gmail.com, chauhan...@rediffmail.com, thakurbaljinder...@gmail.com, iamsatishka...@gmail.com
  

  with thanks
  
  

• Fwd: Take a look at this article
  Top Three Sources of Toxic Exposures:Traffic, Personal Care and Plastic
  Products
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  To: azadamarsi...@gmail.com
  

  [image: Mercola]**
  

  Hi azadamarsi...@yahoo.co.in,
  

  Dr. Amar Singh Azad has sent you a message and recommends the web page
  below.
  

  *Take a look at this article:*
  
  

• Expose Walmart Corruption
  As you
  know, Walmart is now in India. But Walmart is bad for small scale producers and
  retailers, which are the backbone of the great Indian economy. Like the Goa
  chief minister Manohar Parrikar said ([link]), “In
  
  
• PUNJAB to promote organic farming
  PUNJAB to promote organic farming
  
  
• FOREST cover to be enhanced from 7 % to 15 %: Jayani
  FOREST cover to be enhanced from 7 % to 15 %: Jayani
  
  
• Rat Meat Sold as Lamb in China :: Article - Food Quality
  [link]
  
  
• Sugarcane Crises
  (this is important in light of Government's decision to set up National
  Bureau of Water Use Efficiency)
  

  [link]
  

  Sugarcane that’s less thirsty
  *Sudhirendar Sharma *
  

  Bilda is a shade different from other villages currently reeling under the
  
  

• Re European Seed Regulation and global alliance for farmers' seed rights
  Dear Susanne,
  This throttling of farmers' seed rights, the expanding of patents and property rights of MNCs, and the engineered erosion of seed diversity, seems an alarmingly growing worldwide trend.
  While India still has rich crop diversity, the ongoing negotiation for a Free Trade Agreement between EU and India means that the new European seed legislation will likely have implications for India too. 
  
  
• Fwd: [ESG-EJ] Supreme Court rules for Monsanto in Indiana farmer's GM seeds case
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  seeds case
  To: "envtl_just...@lists.esgindia. org" <envtl_just...@lists.esgindia. org>
  

  Monsanto wins. Farmer loses. People will suffer more.
  

  [link]
  

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• Fwd: [ASHA] this time from their side;-)
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  To: gmfreeindia@googlegroups.com, asha-kisanswaraj@googlegroups. com
  

  see this!
  Retired scientist who was propagating GMOs is now telling the truth!
  

  [link]
  

  Former Pro-GMO Scientist Speaks Out On The Real Dangers of Genetically
  
  

• Letter to PM & Mrs Gandhi on why white chrysotile asbestos is a hazardous substance
  *ToxicsWatch Alliance *
  

  To
  

  **
  

  Dr Manmohan Singh
  

  Prime Minister
  

  Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA)
  

  Government of India
  

  New Delhi
  

  Mrs Sonia Gandhi
  

  Chairperson
  

  National Advisory Council
  

  Government of India
  

  New Delhi
  

  *
  *
  

  *
  *
  

  Dear Dr Singh and Mrs Gandhi,
  
  

• PUNJAB CM gives nod for 40% subsidy on solar irrigation pumps
  PUNJAB CM gives nod for 40% subsidy on solar irrigation pumps
  
  
• Farmers can now adopt organic farming sans risks - The Times of India
  [link]
  
  
• National seminar at JMI-"Insurgencies and Development"
  Dear Friends,
  

  The Journal of History and Sociology in South Asia , published by Center
  for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies JMI is organizing national seminar on
  *Insurgencies
  and Development*.
  

  Please see this web page fro the concept note and other details.
  [link]
  
  

• Fwd: Home pesticides and children dr.s.g.kabra
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  To: kavitha kuruganti <kavitha.kuruga...@gmail.com>, kavitha kuruganthi <
  kavitha_kurugan...@yahoo.com>, "drinderjit.pingalw...@gmail.c om" <
  drinderjit.pingalw...@gmail.co m>, umendra dutt <umendrad...@gmail.com>,
  umendra dutt <umendrad...@rediffmail.com>, rashmi sanghi <rsan...@gmail.com>
  
  
• Glowing Plants: Coming to a Garden near You
  Glowing Plants: Coming to a Garden near You
  

  05/09/2013
  Ashley Yeager
  

  Are genetically modified plants with fluorescent proteins the future of
  nightlights and streetlight? One group of scientists believes so. Learn
  more. . .
  

  <[link]>
  
  

• GROUNDNUT cultivation reduces chronic shortage of edible oil in country: PAU
  GROUNDNUT
  cultivation reduces chronic shortage of edible oil in country: PAU
  
  
• Is Queen Elizabeth a farmer?
  Is Queen Elizabeth a farmer? ( Deccan Herald, Bangalore, India 10/5/2013)
  Devinder Sharma, May 9, 2013 :
  Among the British millionaires receiving the subsidy bonanza is Sir Richard Sutton who features in the Times Rich List.
  

  At a time when austerity and spending cuts has become the global norm, the rich and powerful, along with several Fortune 500 agribusiness corporations, continue to be recipients of generous agricultural subsidies. With the developing countries objecting to the trade-distorting farm support in the industrialised countries, these subsidies have remained a contentious issue in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks. But for the wealthy in America and European Union, it is business as usual.
  
  

• As sperm quality and quantity fall, an epidemic confronts Indian men : The Big Story - India Today
  file://null/C:/Users/amar/Desk top/As sperm quality and quantity fall, an
  epidemic confronts Indian men The Big Story - India Today.htm
  
  
• ASIA’S first Ultra Modern Pig Farm in Ludhiana
  ASIA’S
  first Ultra Modern Pig Farm in Ludhiana
  
  
• Fwd: The Risky Chemical Lurking in Every Room of Your Home
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  rodale]<[link]>[image:
  the_daily_fix]<[link]>
  
  

• Press Release: We want justice for Patancheru
  Press Release: We want justice for
  Patancheru<[link]>
  Kabir Arora <[link]> / 9 May 2013
  / Commentary <[link]>,
  Events <[link]>,
  
  
• Re: [gmfreeindia] Manohar bhau Parchure's insurance scheme for vidarbha farmers
  Dear Colleagues,
  

  Congraulations o Manoharbhau Parchure for launching iinnnovative
  projet for supporting small farmers to take up sustainable agriculture in
  their farms. Ahighly successful advocate in Nagpur Court, he left
  lucrative legal practice leftnnovaive in the 1990s, Parchure left legal
  
  

• Fwd: [gmfreeindia] Plea to remove Agriculture Ministry’s nominee from panel: The Hindu story
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  panel: The Hindu story
  To: gmfreeindia <gmfreeindia@googlegroups.com>
  

  [link]
  

  Plea to remove Agriculture Ministry’s nominee from panel
  

  The Coalition for GM-free India has urged the Supreme Court to “remove” the
  
  

• PAU invites applications for hands-on-training course on operation of CNC machines
  PAU
  invites applications for hands-on-training course on operation of CNC machines
  
  
• Fwd: Recently Posted Documentaries - Top Documentary Films
  PLEASE WATCH From Glasgow to
  Detroit<[link]>----That
  is the best way to survive now
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• Fwd: Dr. Amar Singh Azad has shared: Imperial Gigantism And The Decline Of Planet Earth By Tom Engelhardt
  THINK FRIENDS THINK--WHERE ARE WE GOING????? Imperial Gigantism And
  The Decline Of Planet Earth By Tom Engelhardt <[link]>
  

  Source: countercurrents.org
  

  Imperial Gigantism And The Decline Of Planet Earth It stretched from the
  Caspian to the Baltic Sea, from the middle of Europe to the Kurile Islands
  
  

• Fwd: Gender violence in our societies....a TED talk that emphasises the need for men to change to other men
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  need for men to change to other men
  To: asha-kisanswaraj <asha-kisanswaraj@googlegroups .com>,
  kicsforum@googlegroups.com
  

  While this is not the usual subject of this group, I came across a TED talk
  video sent by a friend, albeit set in another culture with a common thread
  
  

• Fwd: [indiathinkersnet] Vietnam bans Penta after 9 deaths, India dithers after 21.
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  dithers after 21.
  To: indiathinkers...@yahoogroups.c om
  

  **
  

  *Vietnam suspends Quinvaxem vaccine following 9 deaths*
  

  *TUOI TRE*
  

  *UPDATED : 05/06/2013 12:19 GMT + 7*
  

  *
  HTTP://TUOITRENEWS.VN/SOCIETY/ 9330/VIETNAM-SUSPENDS-QUINVAXE M-VACCINE-FOLLOWING-9-DEATHS<[link]>
  
  

• Fw: EU seed legislation to curb farmers' rights to their surviving diversity [1 Attachment]
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  Press Release
   
  Seed that can be saved is
  disappearing from the market
  The EU
  Commission struggles with huge public opposition
   
  Bonn, Germany , 6 May 3013 - In Brussels,
  the EU Commission presented today the draft regulation package on animal and
  plant health, one of the most important regulations of the past decade. In
  
  
• ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੀ ਖੇਤੀ ਨੀਤੀ ਦਾ ਖਰੜਾ: ਖੇਤੀ ਵਿਰਾਸਤ ਮਿਸ਼ਨ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਤੀਕਰਮ
  ਖੇਤੀ ਵਿਰਾਸਤ ਮਿਸ਼ਨ
  ਪਿਛਲੇ ਸਾਲ 9 ਅਪ੍ਰੈਲ 2012 ਨੂੰ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਲਈ 'ਸੂਬਾਈ ਖੇਤੀ ਨੀਤੀ' ਦਾ
  ਖਰੜਾ ਤਿਆਰ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਰਾਜ ਕਿਸਾਨ ਕਮਿਸ਼ਨ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਡਾ. ਜੀ. ਐਸ. ਕਾਲਕਟ ਦੀ ਅਗਵਾਈ
  
  
• Minutes of Preparatory Meeting of Environment Festival
  * **[image: Kudrati Kheti aty Vatavaran Utsav]*
  

  *A festive Celebration of Ecology, Organic farming & Safe food *
  

  26, 27, 28 July 2013, Bathinda
  

  Organized by
  

  *Kheti Virasat Mission*
  

  In collaboration with
  

  *Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture *
  

  *Organic Farming Association of India*
  
  

• Fwd: PR: "Conflict of interest" enters SC Expert Committee too, in the GMOs PIL!
  [link]
  the story that appeared in HT, as shared this morning. Below is our
  response.
  

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  the GMOs PIL!
  To: gmfreeindia@googlegroups.com
  

  Please find pasted below and attached, a letter from the Coalition for a
  
  

• Fwd: Minutes of Planning Meeting for Kudrati Kheti Mela - Vatavaran Utsav 2013
  * ਖੇਤੀ ਵਿਰਾਸਤ ਮਿਸ਼ਨ *
  *ਕੁਦਰਤੀ ਖੇਤੀ ਮੇਲਾ ਅਤੇ ਵਾਤਾਵਰਣ ਉਤਸਵ-2013*
  ਯੋਜਨਾਬੰਦੀ ਬੈਠਕ, ਬਠਿੰਡਾ, 5 ਮਈ 2013
  

  ਜਿਵੇਂ ਕਿ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਪਤਾ ਹੀ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਖੇਤੀ ਵਿਰਾਸਤ ਮਿਸ਼ਨ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਹਮਖਿਆਲ ਸੰਸਥਾਵਾਂ ਦੇ
  
  

• SC's "expert" in the TEC carries 'conflict of interest' - Re: GM PANEL MEMBER IN CONFLICT OF INTEREST ROW
  Dear friends,
  

  Please look at the report below. This is a bad precedent that the Supreme
  Court of India is also unwittingly allowing conflict of interest to seep
  into a committee that it is turning to, for advice on the biosafety risk
  assessment regime in India, field trials etc. in the GMOs PIL.
  
  

• GM PANEL MEMBER IN CONFLICT OF INTEREST ROW
  [link]
  

  GM panel member in conflict of interest row Chetan
  Chauhan<[link]>,
  Hindustan Times New Delhi, May 05, 2013
  First Published: 20:42 IST(5/5/2013) | Last Updated: 23:47 IST(5/5/2013)
  
  

• For Help
  Dr. Dalal has been hospitalised in Jindal Hospital, Hisar. He is in coma
  for last 3 motnhs.
  

  His family has spent more than 25 lac since last 3 months .. farmers
  associated with him donated around 7 lacs, 1.5 lac by CM fund, 1.5 lac by
  local Khap Panchayat and rest by family, friends and colleagues. Now his
  
  

• On Farmers' Rights Over SEEDS & India-EU FTA + Land Grab
  India-EU
  FTA to be another blow to farmers
  Planting
  rights over seeds
  

  ASHOK B SHARMA
   
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