———- Forwarded message ——— From: ASHA Kisan Swaraj <asha.kisanswaraj@gmail.com> Date: Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 1:37 PM Subject: Withdrawal of letter to MoAFW with regard to proposed ban on 27 pesticides in India To: <sec.cpc@nic.in> Cc: <sadananda.gowda@sansad.nic.in>, <sadanandagowda@yahoo.com>, <dvsg.mcf@nic.in> To:                                                                                                                           June 25th 2020 Shri R K Chaturvedi, Secretary, Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Ministry [...]

The report can be downloaded here.

———- Forwarded message ——— From: Kavitha Kuruganti <kavitakuruganti@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 at 13:19 Subject: URGENT SUGGESTIONS TO GOI WITH REGARD TO SUPPORT TO FARMERS, THEIR LIVELIHOODS AS WELL AS TO ENSURE UNINTERRUPTED FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS To: <narendramodi1234@gmail.com>, <pmo@nic.in>, <pmo@sampark.gov.in>, <ns.tomar@sansad.nic.in>, <nsitharaman@gmail.com>, <appointment.fm@gov.in>, <fmo@nic.in>, <amitshah.mp@sansad.nic.in>, <amitshah.bjp@gmail.com>, <contact@amitshah.co.in>, <rc.niti@gov.in> Cc: <kotharin@nic.in> URGENT SUGGESTIONS TO THE [...]

The new Pesticides Management Bill 2020 has been circulated to Rajya Sabha MPs and it is expected to come up for discussion and passing in both Houses in the coming week (March 23 2020 onwards). The Bill copy is available here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1IecV9BJd1SV1X56yW0kbIUiUiF_1wKdx. A set of Amendments that ASHA is seeking in the Bill, to improve some [...]

Share of Budget for Rural Economy Falls from 9.83% to 9.30% “Increasing rural demand & purchasing power would have boosted the sagging economy; Budget once again betrays India’s farmers,” says ASHA   New Delhi, February 1st 2020: A thorough analysis of the Budget shows that even though the Budget speech spoke much about Agriculture and [...]

The presentation used by Kiran Vissa, Convenor of ASHA-Kisan Swaraj and Rythu Swarajya Vedika for his Lecture in IIC, New Delhi on January 22nd 2020 is downloadable here.

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 [...]