Has the government mislead the Supreme Court in constitution of a court’s committee on genetically modified crops? Appears so, as one of the government nominees has a clear ‘conflict of interest’ in promoting GM crops as the organisations, he heads, has received money from multi-national biotech companies. [...] What the ministry failed to inform the court was Paroda’s administrative role in two organizations, having received funding from biotech major Monsanto and its Indian associates for running different programmes. Monsanto was not available for comments.