{"id":3133,"date":"2013-06-11T12:20:24","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T12:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/?p=3133"},"modified":"2021-12-01T12:40:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T12:40:00","slug":"brai-bill-2013-indias-monsanto-promotion-protection-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/en\/press\/3133\/brai-bill-2013-indias-monsanto-promotion-protection-act\/","title":{"rendered":"BRAI bill 2013 India&#8217;s Monsanto promotion &#038; protection Act?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"leader\">\n<div>Monsanto, with an annual turnover of around 13.5 billion US dollars last year, is the largest seed company in the world. Based out of St. Luis in the USA, it also leads the Genetically Modified seed sector globally. Monsanto in India exists as Monsanto India Ltd, Monsanto Holding Pvt Ltd, Mahyco-Monsanto Biotech, besides holding 26% share in the Indian seed company Mahyco.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Controversies regarding GM crops around the world, to an extent, have also been synonymous with Monsanto given that it represents whatever that can go wrong with GM crops and the resultant corporate control of seeds. Is the BRAI bill India&#8217;s Monsanto promotion &amp; protection Act?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/p3-admin.greenpeace.org\/india\/Global\/india\/docs\/BRAI-Monsanto-briefing.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download report<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<section\n\t\t\tclass=\"boxout post-707 \"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Image\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"cover-card-overlay\"\n\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/en\/act\/donate\/\" \n\t\t\t><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2021\/03\/edcc106e-4-1024x731.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2021\/03\/edcc106e-4-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2021\/03\/edcc106e-4-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2021\/03\/edcc106e-4-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2021\/03\/edcc106e-4-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2021\/03\/edcc106e-4-2048x1463.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2021\/03\/edcc106e-4-1912x1366.jpg 1912w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2021\/03\/edcc106e-4-476x340.jpg 476w\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 358px, (min-width: 780px) 313px, 88px\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"\" title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n            \t\t\t<div class=\"boxout-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"boxout-heading medium\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Title\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/en\/act\/donate\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDonate to Greenpeace\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"boxout-excerpt\">Donate today or consider remembering Greenpeace in your Will.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t                                    <a\n                        class=\"btn btn-primary\"\n                        data-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n                        data-ga-action=\"Call to Action\"\n                        data-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n                        href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/en\/act\/donate\/\"\n                        \n                    >\n                        Get Involved\n                    <\/a>\n                \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monsanto, with an annual turnover of around 13.5 billion US dollars last year, is the largest seed company in the world. 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