India's global Ammonia tender likely ahead to secure fertilizer productionIndia plans a global tender for ammonia, a key fertilizer ingredient. This move aims to secure vital raw material for urea and other fertil...
14 Apr, 2026, 12.10 AM IST
India must speed up hybrid technology adoption in pulses, oilseeds to reduce imports, says PK Mishra, Principal Secretary to PMIndia must accelerate the adoption of hybrid technology in pulses and oilseeds to address production deficits, despite challenges faced by ...
08 Jan, 2025, 04.06 PM IST
India’s cooking oil imports in 2023-24 are down by 3% as consumption falls due to high pricesIndia's edible oil imports dipped by 3% in 2023-24, totaling 15.96 million tonnes due to increased domestic oilseed production and a dip in...
13 Nov, 2024, 05.47 PM IST
India’s SEA sign MoU with Brazil’s ABIOVE for soyabean oil importsIndia is the largest Importer of edible oils in the world and imports nearly 15-16 million tonnes of Various Edible Oils including 3.5 to 4...
06 Nov, 2023, 06.00 PM IST
Reduction in import duty for edible oil should be postponed: Industry“We have indicated to the government that with international values coming down recently, it may not be a bad idea to revisit duty reductio...
31 May, 2021, 05.24 PM IST
Distribute subsidised edible oils via PDS to give relief to poor from rising prices: SEAIn a letter written to the Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey, SEA President Atul Chaturvedi said: "Last few months we have witnessed unpreced...
25 May, 2021, 01.32 PM IST
SOPA has demanded increase in customs duty on crude soyabean oil duty to 45%Soyabean Processors association of India (SOPA) has opposed reduction in customs duty on edible oils claiming that it will help only the im...
30 Jan, 2020, 04.43 PM IST
Reduction of edible oil import duty will harm industry and farmers says SEAIndia has seriously compromised its edible oil security which has resulted in dependence on imports growing to almost 70%. The main reason ...
27 Dec, 2019, 07.39 PM IST
SOPA urges government to increase import duty on Soyabean oilSOPA chairman Davish Jain has said that the soybean processing industry has been going through one of its toughest periods for the last 3 y...
10 Aug, 2016, 04.17 PM IST
SEA demands cut in oilseeds import duty to 5-10%A sharp decline in domestic oilseeds output and crushing has encouraged edible oil imports, while discouraging exports of oilmeal, it said.
07 Jan, 2016, 02.31 PM IST
Industry demands reduction in duty on high oil-content oilseedsThe Association has maintained that this move will not affect the farmers adversely as they are protected by the minimum support price.
21 Dec, 2015, 01.49 PM IST
- Edible oil trade seeks revision in duty norms as prices dip
With edible oil prices falling, trade body officials have asked the government to revisit the import duty structure and also lift the stock...
01 Sep, 2008, 12.31 AM IST
- ‘Exporting nations reap gains of oil duty cut’
The Central Organisation for oil Industry and Trade (COOIT), an apex body of vegetable oil and oilseed sector, has written to the finance m...
28 Mar, 2008, 12.22 AM IST
- Centre bans edible oil export for 1 year
The Centre may not have taken appropriate measures to raise oilseed production for checking spiralling edible oil imports.
19 Mar, 2008, 03.30 AM IST
- Govt urged to create oilseeds development fund
The Solvent Extractors' Associatio (SEA) of India has appealed the Centre to create an 'oilseeds Development fund,'to increase the local pr...
06 Feb, 2008, 06.21 PM IST
- Consumer interest prevents protest touching boiling point
Reduction in the import duty on edible oils usually sparks off protests from the edible oil industry, apparently since such measures go aga...
26 Jan, 2007, 04.23 AM IST
- Monsoon Mayhem Oilseed output may fall 10%
Country’s winter-harvested oilseed output is expected to fall 10.2% in the ’06-07 crop year from a year earlier due to erratic rains in gro...
23 Sep, 2006, 03.21 AM IST