New Delhi:
Bharatiya Kisan Sangh’s All India General Secretary Mohini Mohan Mishra has said in a statement, “Recently in the month of July, in the matter of GM crops, the Supreme Court had given instructions to the government and ordered that the Central Government, after talking to all the stakeholders, The National GM Policy was made and the limit for completing this work was also set in four months. The farmer is the main stakeholder, hence his opinion should be included prominently in the formulation of the National GM Policy. The committee has not made any contact with the farmers or farmer organizations to seek their opinion, hence the functioning of the committee is under doubt.”
Farmers union says that there is no need for GM crops in India. Chemical farming and poisonous GM are unsafe for agriculture, farmers and environment. GM crops destroy biodiversity and increase global warming. BT cotton is an example of this, due to the failure of which farmers suffered huge losses and even had to commit suicide. India needs agriculture with low mechanization and employment generating potential, not GM farming. There are restrictions on this in many countries. It is clear from this that the farmers union is not in favor of GM crops.
What is the order of the Supreme Court
After the hearing going on for almost twenty years, the Supreme Court in its order given on July 23, 2024 said that the Central Government, after taking advice from all the stakeholders like farmers, agriculture, agricultural scientists, state governments, farmers organizations, consumer organizations etc. But make a national GM policy. In which instructions were given to include the opinions of the stakeholders by discussing mainly the impact of GM crops on environment and health, rules and standards for commercial use, import-export, labeling, packaging rules, public education, awareness etc. Are.
GM committee has not taken advice from anyone yet
Even after three months have passed since the Supreme Court order, the committee formed by the government has not taken any advice from any stakeholder. Due to which the stakeholders are worried that somewhere, preparations are being made to secretly allow GM crops through a backdoor route.
Stakeholders allege that the government wants to allow GM crops in India in the name of food and nutrition security without any consultation and impact study. Whereas the Supreme Court is in favor of moving forward after a detailed study of the impact on our country, our climate, the health of our people and the conclusion of the benefits and losses.
Memorandums are being submitted to Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs across the country.
Raghavendra Singh Patel, All India Publicity Head of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, said that there should be a detailed discussion in the country regarding the pros and cons of GM technology and the opinion of the stakeholders should be included in making the national GM policy. On this issue, more than 600 district units of the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh are submitting memorandums across the country to all the MPs of both the Houses, Lok Sabha Speaker, Rajya Sabha Chairman and have requested them to raise questions in the upcoming winter sessions of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Discuss through. So that the overall thinking of the country can be included in the formulation of national GM policy.
