December 16, 2019 Dear Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Greetings! Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture, also known as ASHA-Kisan Swaraj, is a national network of organizations and individuals working for sustainable farm livelihoods, advocating for income security for farm households, ecologically sustainable agriculture, protection of rights over resources and access to safe, nutritious food for all. [...]

———- Forwarded message ——— From: Mail . <mail@genecampaign.org> Date: Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 3:22 PM Subject: FAQ booklet brought out by the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority and uploaded on official website To: <chairperson-ppvfra@nic.in> Cc: <minister-agri@nic.in>, <ns.tomar@sansad.nic.in>, <kotharin@nic.in>, Suman . <suman@genecampaign.org>   To:                      [...]

—– Forwarded message —– From: Kavitha Kuruganti <kavitha_kuruganti@yahoo.com> To: jspp-dac@gov.in <jspp-dac@gov.in> Cc: ns.tomar@sansad.nic.in <ns.tomar@sansad.nic.in>; kotharin@nic.in <kotharin@nic.in>; asha.kisanswaraj@gmail.com <asha.kisanswaraj@gmail.com>; catish@ias.nic.in <catish@ias.nic.in>; rajesh.malik1@nic.in <rajesh.malik1@nic.in> Sent: Wednesday, 27 November 2019, 12:48:06 GMT+5:30 Subject: Pesticides Management Bill 2019 To: The Joint Secretary (Plant Protection), Room # 238, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi 110 001. Email: jspp-dac@gov.in Phone: 011-23382937 Ext. 4965 [...]

An ASHA Skillshare Course on Tools for Advocacy to Secure Farmers’ Rights & To Improve Farm Livelihoods December 19-20, 2019: Bengaluru How do we understand advocacy? Is it only vis-a-vis the State, or is it about influencing market forces and society too? What are the ways by which some citizen rights were secured by people’s [...]

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New Delhi, November 4th 2019: At a time when the Indian economy is in the doldrums, India should not move forward on the RCEP at any cost, warned farm rights advocacy group Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture (ASHA). “The development in Thailand today, where other countries decided to go ahead while India did not get on [...]

———- Forwarded message ——— From: Kisan Swaraj <asha.kisanswaraj@gmail.com> Date: Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 11:51 AM Subject: ASHA’s Feedback on FSSAI’s draft guidelines on “Working with the Private Sector” To: <ed-office@fssai.gov.in> Cc: <ceo@fssai.gov.in>, <chairperson@fssai.gov.in>, <secyhfw@nic.in>, <hfwminister@gov.in> To:                                                                                                 25th October 2019 The Executive Director (Compliance Strategy) Food Safety & Standards Authority of India, Food and Drug Administration [...]

NOTE: THIS LETTER WAS SENT BY ASHA TO GOI BEFORE SEEDS BILL 2019 WAS PUT OUT ON 28/10/2019 BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR PUBLIC FEEDBACK. ASHA WOULD RESPOND TO THE SEEDS BILL 2019 VERSION TOO. —– Forwarded message —– From: Kavitha Kuruganti <kavitha_kuruganti@yahoo.com> To: ns.tomar@sansad.nic.in <ns.tomar@sansad.nic.in>; kotharin@nic.in <kotharin@nic.in> Cc: secy-agri@gov.in <secy-agri@gov.in>; secy-agri@nic.in <secy-agri@nic.in>; jsseeds-agri@nic.in <jsseeds-agri@nic.in>; ashwani.hub@nic.in <ashwani.hub@nic.in> Sent: Sunday, 6 [...]

ASHA’S RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE HIGH POWERED COMMITTEE OF CHIEF MINISTERS ON TRANSFORMATION OF INDIAN AGRICULTURE Submitted: September 4, 2019        PDF Link   Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture (also known as ASHA-Kisan Swaraj Network) is a large national network of organisations and individuals, working to promote sustainable and dignified farm livelihoods in India. [...]

—– Forwarded message —– From: Kavitha Kuruganti <kavitha_kuruganti@yahoo.com> To: cibsecy@nic.in <cibsecy@nic.in> Cc: vivek.narayan14@nic.in <vivek.narayan14@nic.in>; viveknarayan77@gmail.com <viveknarayan77@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, 20 August 2019, 10:00:37 GMT+5:30 Subject: COMMENTS ON THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABELLING OF PESTICIDES AS PER TOXICITY COMMENTS ON THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABELLING OF PESTICIDES AS PER TOXICITY To: The Secretary, Central Insecticides Board, Directorate of [...]