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India’s farmers hold key to self-reliance in edible oils By Rajendra Jadhav and Mayank Bhardwaj / Reuters, MUMBAI and NEW DELHI Indian farmer Shingara Singh has grown grain for 35 years and is one of thousands of protesters against agricultural reforms who have the power to help slash a huge annual bill of US$10 billion for imports of vegetable oils. Yet Singh, 55, said that he would only switch to growing oilseeds, such as rapeseed and sunflower, on his 6 hectare plot in the northern state of Punjab if the government promises guaranteed rates for his produce. “Sometimes we grow sunflo...

NEW DELHI: Indian farmer Shingara Singh has grown grain for 35 years and is one of thousands of protesters against agricultural reforms who have the power to help slash a huge annual bill of US$10bil for imports of vegetable oils.

12/31/2020 By Rajendra Jadhav and Mayank Bhardwaj MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Indian farmer Shingara Singh has grown grain for 35 years and is one of thousands of protesters against agricultural reforms who have the power to help slash a huge annual bill of $10 billion for imports of vegetable oils. But Singh, 55, says he will only switch to growing oilseeds, such as rapeseed and sunflower, on his 15-acre (six-hectare) plot in the northern state of Punjab, if the government promises guaranteed rates for his produce. "Sometimes we grow sunflower, but we don't get to sell it at the MSP...

"In fact, we often have to sell sunflower at deep discounts," added the blue-turbanned Singh, a participant in the farmers' daily sit-ins on the edge of the capital, New Delhi. Such a switch by farmers in the breadbasket states of Punjab and Haryana could cut shipments of edible oils that have tripled over the last two decades to rack up India's third biggest import bill, after crude oil and gold. That would also melt bulging inventories of rice and wheat worth billions of dollars that lie unsold in government warehouses, after years of bountiful harvests. But industry experts say grain gr...

Will not interfere in farmers' protest, says SC; NCP demands special Parliament session, Tomar writes letter A farmer from Punjab was found dead near the Tikri border on Thursday morning while the key routes on Delhi borders remained closed on the 22nd day of the farmers agitation FP Staff December 17, 2020 23:15:42 IST Protesting farmers listen to a speaker at the Delhi- Haryana border, outskirts of New Delhi. AP The Supreme Court on Thursday acknowledged the farmers'...