Oilseed sector seeks fresh policy impetus from Centre - The Hindu BusinessLine
Oilseed sector seeks fresh policy impetus from Centre January 17, 2021 × With the country’s dependence on edible oil import reaching 70 per cent, the sector wants the Government to give thrust on increasing production and productivity of oilseeds in the country in the forthcoming Budget. BV Mehta, Executive Director of Solvent Extractors’ Association (SEA) of India, told BusinessLine that the association wants the government to give focus on increasing the production and productivity of oilseeds in the Budget. Some of the suggestions included shifting of acreage from grains to rape-mus...