TNPSC Thervupettagam

National Mission for Edible Oil (NMEO)

February 1 , 2021 1268 days 1081 0
  • 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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