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USD19.6 billion value of edible oil import, know-how fatigue and abysmally low mustard yield, name for an goal and rational coverage resolution on GM mustard, a platform know-how to speed up the breeding of high-yielding mustard hybrids in India.
In 2021-22, India imported two-third of its edible oil, estimated at 14.1 million tonnes, for USD19.6 billion or INR1.56 lakh crore. This is equal to 50% of India’s whole agri-import of USD 32.4 billion. In the previous, edible oil imports peaked at 1.97 million tonnes costing INR929 crore which compelled the then authorities to launch the National Mission on Oilseeds in 1987-88.The scenario improved momentarily within the nineties. By early 2000-01,
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