Increase oil seed production, reduce consumption: NITI Aayog’s recipe to address import dependency in edible oil
Asserting that achieving self-sufficiency in edible oils is a critical national priority for India, the NITI Aayog, in a report, has said that utilising one-third of the total rice fallow area (in the rabi season) across ten States for oilseed cultivation can increase the production of edible oils by 1.03 Million Tonnes (MT) and reduce…