Guest guest Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 Dear Jagannath Knowledge or intellectual properties of the nature exist in three forms:: a) brahma zyan (self realization)// sato guna b) jeeva zyana (life sciences)// rajo guna c) bhautic zyana (physical sciences)//tamo guna Nature operates in these 3 axes of knowledge, and humans (who are not yet responsible) are on a wrong foot to take place of the nature. If selfish humans (whether scientist or government or public) who are not equipped with all of the three axes of knowledge try out any misadventure in field of manipulating knowledge, that will cost the earth heavily. Lord Shiva (knowledge) has the ability to produce million of new species with Shakti (the power of the nature). The nature has laws that are equal to every one, and cannot be prejudicial. Only humans who have reached at level of self realization only have the right of worshipping of tantra of Shiva (knowledge) and Shakti (nature power). Indians are idiots without a certificate. Government in India is a liability and not asset. Leaders of India want to globalize it without even fully localizing. They have no peace with neighbor, no peace with family, no co-operation within a town, and fighting for religion/ caste/ water/ onion/ electricity, their government is trying out globalization. USA was having racism and inner conflicts like India has, but it focused at developing itself with own wisdom. Now India will grow BT cotton to earn foreign exchange and to be global power at huge human costs. Regards K G Misra of soul in the physical word. On Behalf Of Jagannath Chatterjee Monday, July 31, 2006 11:58 AM To: ; indiagroup; india-force ; indiashines ; indianpluralism ; indianjustice ; india-unity ; beautifulindia ; awakening_india ; iit-global-discussiongroup ; branded_indian ; dilsedesigroup ; rural_consultants ; Agriculture; corruptioneradication ; skdubeyfoundation ; bharatmaata ; bharatvarsh ; indiagroup; indiagroup; indiagroup [HealthyIndia] How India is being raped by the GM technology pushers. Dear Friends, Recently I was going through an article by Ms Vandana Shiva which detailed exactly why GMOs or rather the genetic mapping technology is vital for pressing forward the process of globalisation. The ultimate aim is to commercialise EVERYTHING including human beings. I now share an article of Ms Shiva, courtesy GM Watch, where she voices some of her concerns. Kindly circulate this article as wide as possible so that at least some people know the intense politics and the secret moves to push in GM technology into India. Regards, Jagannath. GM WATCH daily http://www.gmwatch.org --- Vandana Shiva points out that the willingness of the US to allow the Doha Round of WTO negotiations to grind to a halt, by showing no willingness to reduce its massive farm subsidies in exchange for increased market access, stems from the fact that it is getting market access anyway, through bilateral mechanisms like the US - India Knowledge Initiative in Agriculture, which is promoting GMOs. EXCERPTS: Monsanto, Walmart and ADM are on the board of the US India Agriculture Initiative. US Aid is interfering directly in India's GM policies and has financed the push to commercialise Bt Brinjal, which would be the first GM food crop approved for large scale commercial trials and seed production in India. The US biotech agenda is also being internalized into India's agricultural policy. The Planning Commission, India's highest planning body, headed by Montek Singh Ahluwalia is appointing a non-resident, the US based Dr. Deshpal Verma, Professor of Genetics and Biotechnology at Ohio, to head a cell to promote GMOs in agriculture and increase the role of global corporations like Monsanto in the farm sector. Thousands of Indian farmers have committed suicides due to debts resulting from a new dependence on costly yet unreliable hybrid and Bt cotton sold by Monsanto and its Indian partners. --- W.T.O. IS DEAD, LONG LIVE FREE TRADE Globalisation And Its New Avatars by Vandana Shiva ZNet, July 30, 2006 http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=13 & ItemID=10669 The Doha round negotiations collapsed once again at the Mini Ministerial in Geneva on 23rd July 2006. Martin Khor of Third World Network reports from Geneva that when asked of the Doha Round is dead or in intensive care, Mr. Kamal Nath, India's Commerce Minister, said it is somewhere between intensive care in hospital and the crematorium. Peter Mandelson, the EU Trade Commissioner told the press following suspension of WTO negotiations, " we have missed the last exit on the motorway. " The U.S. is being identified by all as responsible for the collapse of talks, by its refusal to reduce its agricultural subsidies. The US and its corporations were the driving force behind two agreements of the Uruguay Round, which have the highest impact on the poor of the Third World. The Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement has increased the cost of seeds and medicine by promoting monopolies. Thousands of Indian farmers have committed suicides due to debts resulting from a new dependence on costly yet unreliable hybrid and Bt cotton sold by Monsanto and its Indian partners. The Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) has destroyed agricultural livelihoods of millions of peasants and food security of the world's poor. The willingness of the US to allow the Doha Round negotiations to grind to a halt by showing inflexibility in offering to reduce distorting farm subsidies in exchange for increased market access is not because agricultural market access is no longer of interest to the US. The US does not have to give up anything multilaterally because it is getting market access bilaterally, often with " non-agreements " like the US - India Knowledge Initiative in Agriculture, which is promoting GMOs, agricultural imports and the entry of US grant Walmart in Indian retail. Monsanto, Walmart and ADM are on the board of the US India Agriculture Initiative. US Aid is interfering directly in India's GM policies and has financed the push to commercialise Bt Brinjal, which would be the first GM food crop approved for large scale commercial trials and seed production in India. While India's biosafety assessment framework has no reference to the unscientific " substantial equivalence " principle, (a principle promoted in the US to avoid looking for the unique biological impacts of GM foods), the " substantial equivalence " is the basis of Bt Brinjal data submitted by Monsanto-Mahyco to the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), the statutory body for granting approvals for GMOs. The virus of biosafety deregulation is thus being subtly introduced into India. GMOs are spreading bilaterally without the WTO, which had to be used against Europe in the US - EU GMO dispute. The US biotech agenda is also being internalized into India's agricultural policy. The Planning Commission, India's highest planning body, headed by Montek Singh Ahluwalia is appointing a non-resident, the US based Dr. Deshpal Verma, Professor of Genetics and Biotechnology at Ohio, to head a cell to promote GMOs in agriculture and increase the role of global corporations like Monsanto in the farm sector. Bilateral deals are thus mutilating into unilateral policies referred to an " autonomous liberalisation. " US Agribusinesses like Cargill and ADM do not need WTO's market access rules anymore to capture India's markets. As part of the Bush-Singh agreement, India has been influenced to import wheat, even though there was enough wheat produced in India. And domestic markets too have been captured by MNC's like Cargill, Canagra, Lever, and ITC. India's food security is being systematically dismantled. Food prices have increased dramatically, and with it, hunger and malnutrition. While being presented as an economic power and the new poster child of globalisation, India now is the home of one third of the world's malnourished children. And the problem of hunger will grow as peasants as pushed off the land and food prices increase. Meantime, corporations like Walmart are trying to grab India's retail market, which consists of the small-scale informal sector employing more than 200 million people. Walmart is trying to get in to capturing this large market and has succeeded in getting FDI pushed through in retail. It is also trying to partner with Reliance Industry Ltd (RIL), which is planning to build new super stores in 784 Indian towns, 1600 farm supply hubs, and move the produce with a 40-plane air cargo fleet. The Reliance group has also become the largest land grabber in India, using governments to forcefully acquire hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile farmland at 1/1000th the market price. These are the subsidies Walmart is seeking through partnerships. And Walmart does not need a GATS to take over retail services in India. Bilateral and unilateral policies are opening up India's markets for Walmart. WTO might be on life support, but " free trade " is alive and kicking. Bilateral and unilateral, initiatives are the new avatars of globalisation and free trade. And it is these avatars we must challenge to stop corporate rule, while WTO hangs between intensive care and the crematorium. ------------------------- You are d as jagchat01 To simply click the link below: http://www.gmwatch.org/unsub.asp?ID=2484 & sec=pmyso This message has been sent because you d to the GM Watch List. http://www.gmwatch.org --------------------------- " Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit. " - Aurobindo. Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. 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