India continues to be dependent on imports to meet the requirement of oilseeds in the country because:
- farmers prefer to grow food grains with highly remunerative support prices
- most of the cultivation of oilseed crops continues to be dependent on rainfall
- oils from the seeds of free origin and rice bran have remained unexploited
- it is far cheaper to import oilseeds than to cultivate oilseed crops
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