Budget hotel 1. Shree Guru Residency 2249 / 1, New No. 10, Jhansi Lakshmi Bai Cross Road, Devaraja Mohalla, Mysuru, Karnataka 570001• Contact : 0821 242 4400 Website: https://shreegururesidency.in/   2. Mayura Hoysala 2, Jhansi Laxmi Bai Road, Mysuru 570 005 Contact: 0821-2426160 Email :hoysala@karnatakaholidays.net Website: https://www.kstdc.co/hotels/hotel-mayura-hoysala-mysuru/   3. Yashas Residency No 17 18, 9th [...]

KISAN SWARAJ SAMMELAN 2022 Nov. 11-13 :: Mysuru, Karnataka Food Sovereignty, Nutrition Security, Environmental Sustainability & Farmer Empowerment in the age of Climate Change Crisis Organised by: Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture (ASHA-Kisan Swaraj network) along with Sahaja Samrudha, Janapada Sewa Trust, ICAR-JSS KVK (Suttur), SOIL, Allama Research and Cultural Foundation, Desi Seed Producer [...]

You can download the English Announcement here: http://www.kisanswaraj.in/wp-content/uploads/KSS-2022-REGISTRATION-ANNOUNCEMENT-25-8-2022-7pm.pdf Hindi Announcement can be downloaded here: http://www.kisanswaraj.in/wp-content/uploads/KSS-2022-Announcement-Registration-Hindi-25-08-2022-7pm.pdf Kannada Announcement is available here for downloading: http://www.kisanswaraj.in/wp-content/uploads/KSS-Registration-Announcement-KANNADA.pdf You can download the Individual Participant Registration Form here: http://www.kisanswaraj.in/?attachment_id=2767 ; Group Registration Form here: http://www.kisanswaraj.in/?attachment_id=2768 ; Exhibition Stall/Table Registration Form here: http://www.kisanswaraj.in/?attachment_id=2769 . You can use these Forms AFTER you go through the full announcement.     [...]

Full Report (english) of the Fact Finding Visit to Chhattisgarh on Rice Fortification is available for download HERE Executive Summary (english) can be downloaded HERE Hindi  Executive Summary can be downloaded HERE STATE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ADOPT RESPONSIBLE, EFFECTIVE AND SAFE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM OF MALNUTRITION IN CHHATTISGARH, AND ABANDON RICE FORTIFICATION Raipur/New Delhi, 20th [...]

Fact Finding Report can be downloaded here “Jharkhand Government must stop Government of India’s misadventure with Rice Fortification – State Goverment should not distribute Fortified Rice in the State and should instead focus on holistic approaches to nutrition” Ranchi, 11th May 2022: At the end of a 3-day fact-finding visit in Jharkhand by Right To [...]

Background Food fortification refers to the addition of chemical/synthetic vitamins and minerals (like Iron, Folic Acid, Iodine, Zinc, Vitamins B12, A, D etc.) that are not available naturally in particular foods, to those foods in the post-harvest stage during processing. A variant of such food fortification is through purposive breeding of plant varieties, including by [...]

No “Amrit Kaal” for the Annadaatas who provide the life spirit to our nation, even as Finance Minister’s speech and budget figures show a DECLINE in support to farmers: ASHA-KISAN SWARAJ Overall budget estimate of Agriculture and Allied activities reduced from 4.26% previous year to 3.84% now Deafening silence of the Government in its Budget [...]

To:                                                                                                                   January 28th 2022 Dr Sanjay Jaiswal, Chairperson, Joint Committee on Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill 2021, Parliament of India.   Dear Chairperson and Members of the Joint Committee on Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill 2021, Sub: ASHA-Kisan Swaraj’s analysis on the amendments being proposed by Government of India in Biological Diversity Act 2002 – Reg. ASHA-Kisan [...]

Hindi version of the text of the letter given below in english is available HERE. ———- Forwarded message ——— From: Jatan Trust <jatantrust@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 at 16:12 Subject: Reg. Judgement of PPVFR Authority in PepsiCo’s Potato Variety Revocation Case To: <chairperson-ppvfra@nic.in> Cc: <secy-agri@nic.in>, <nstomaroffice@gmail.com>, <ns.tomar@sansad.nic.in>, <mukesh.kumar2005@ias.nic.in>, Shalini Bhutani <emailsbhutani@gmail.com>, suman sahai <suman@genecampaign.org>, Kavitha Kuruganti [...]

Situation of Farmers Becoming Worse, as per Government’s 77th Round Situation Assessment Survey: ASHA Kisan Swaraj calls upon Government of India to fulfil farmers’ demand for a legally guaranteed remunerative MSP for all farmers and all agricultural produce   New Delhi, September 11th 2021: NSSO’s 77th Round findings put out by the Government of India [...]