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National Mission for Edible Oil (NMEO)
February 1 , 2021
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- The Ministry of Agriculture has proposed this mission
- It aims to increase the domestic availability and reduce the import dependency.
- The mission has been proposed for next five years in the span of 2020-21 to 2024-25.
- It comprises of the three Sub-Missions
- These are with the objective of increasing the production of oilseeds and edible oils from the three sources.
- Primary Sources - it includes the Annual Crops, Plantation Crops and Edible Tree Borne Oilseeds
- Secondary Sources - it includes the Rice bran oil and Cotton seed oil.
- Consumer Awareness to maintain the edible oil consumption constant at 19.00 kg per person per annum.
- In India, there is a requirement of 25 million tonnes of edible oils.
- The 60% of the requirement is met by the import.
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