Govt soon to make GM mustard stance public, develop more varieties

Reuters | New Delhi, This is seen critical to Modi's goal of attaining self-sufficiency in edible oils as currently govt spends arounf $12 bn annually on vegetable oil imports

 

The government will soon make public its stance on allowing the commercial cultivation of genetically modified (GM) mustard — what could be its first transgenic food crop - and “ideology” will not influence the decision, a minister said.

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