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Article

23 Jun 2014

Author:
Dean Nelson, Telegraph

India’s intelligence agency targets Prince Charles’ advisor in a war on green groups

…The Indian government last week banned direct foreign funding of local campaign groups after a report by its Intelligence Bureau cautioning that organizations funded by Greenpeace and other international institutions were growing throughout the country and spawning mass movements that would pose a significant threat to national economic security…The report…singled out Dr. Vandana Shiva…who advises Prince Charles on sustainable agriculture…According to the...report, “six NGOs, including Greenpeace, are at the forefront of anti-GMO activism in India…Dr. Vandana Shiva called the report an “attack on civil society”, which...she would defend. She said it was “biased” in favour of the foreign companies that she blames for farmers’ debts and suicides. “They’re not allergic to foreign funding for defence or railways but only foreign funding to build civil society”, she said