TNPSC Thervupettagam

National Mission on Edible Oil - Oil Palm

August 12 , 2021 1001 days 663 0
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced this new national initiative on palm oil production to help increase farm incomes.
  • Aims and Objectives of the scheme are given below,
    • Achieve self-reliance in edible oil.
    • Harness domestic edible oil prices that are dictated by expensive palm oil imports.
    • To raise the domestic production of palm oil by three times to 11 lakh MT by 2025-26.
  • The special emphasis of the scheme will be in India’s north-eastern states and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Note

  • India is the largest consumer of vegetable oil in the world
  • Palm oil is currently the world’s most consumed vegetable oil.

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