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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | How India can be ‘atmanirbhar’ for edible oil production -Girish Kumar Jha, Renjini VR and Aditya KS

How India can be ‘atmanirbhar’ for edible oil production -Girish Kumar Jha, Renjini VR and Aditya KS

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published Published on Feb 12, 2021   modified Modified on Feb 15, 2021

-Down to Earth

In 2019, India imported around 15 million tons of edible oils worth approximately Rs 7,300 crore

Edible oils are indispensable in the Indian kitchen. But it might be surprising to many that India imports most of the oil it consumes, unlike most other agricultural products which are produced locally.

Even after having a diverse agro-climatic conditions, abundant land and large sections of population depending on agriculture, why does India have to import edible oils? What is the burden of importing edible oils on the government’s exchequer? What can we do to boost the domestic production of edible oils?

Balance sheet

According to the latest data, each Indian consumed 19.5 kg of edible oil every year on an average during 2015-16, up from 15.8 kg in 2012-13. This amounts to an aggregate demand of around 26 million tons of edible oils per year.

Leaving aside the debate on the health effects of increase in oil consumption and its role on prevalence of lifestyle diseases, let us examine the demand-supply position of edible oils in India.

India cultivated oilseeds on 25 million hectare of land, producing 32 million tons of oilseeds in 2018-19, with soybean, rapeseed and mustard and groundnut accounting for almost 90 per cent share in the area.

Assuming a country-wide average of 28 per cent oil recovery, 32 million tons of oilseeds will yield around 8.4 million tons of edible oil. The domestic production can only meet a little over 30 per cent of the total demand for edible

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Down to Earth, 12 February, 2021, https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/agriculture/how-india-can-be-atmanirbhar-for-edible-oil-production-75517?fbclid=IwAR3I1pyt1RjQmJpEp7XJ70IJH7_HaBzjb_t4TTQfFXSz5n4TVK9IcQSt6hw


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