Challenges of Soybean Oil Imports in India

India imports $20 billion worth of edible oil but resists GM seeds widely used the world over. In Episode 1690 of #CutTheClutter ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta breaks down two NITI Aayog reports on India’s oilseed crisis, GMO myths, and how agriculture trade with the US could bridge the gap and bring India closer to its goal of self-reliance.----more----Read NITI Aayog report here: https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2024-08/Pathways_and_Strategy_for_Accelerating_Growth_in_Edible_Oil_towards_Goal_of_Atmanirbharta_August%2028_Final_compressed.pdf