The Centre has told the Supreme Court that opposition to Genetically Modified (GM) crops is unfounded as India is already importing and consuming oil derived from it. In an affidavit filed before the top court, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) submitted the average prices of refined palm oil, soy oil and mustard oil are increasing continuously and India needs to be independent in oil production to meet the domestic consumption demand. The ministry told the apex court that mustard is the most important oil and seed meal crop of India, grown in around 8-9 million hectares of land and the approval for the "environmental" release of transgenic mustard hybrid, DMH-11, has been given
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