Selected Tag: edible oil
Selected Tag: edible oil

Import Visibility Needed to Complete India’s Edible Oils Data Reform

Monthly production reporting is useful, but without visibility on import contracts, policy timing will remain reactive rather than anticipatory.

G. Chandrashekhar

November 25, 2025 at 9:52 AM IST

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Prune the List of Major Oilseeds and Sharpen Policy Focus  

India needs a rethink on its oilseed strategy, with four of the nine “major” oilseeds no longer meriting MSP support. A sharper focus on crops like sunflower could cut import dependence and boost self-reliance.

G. Chandrashekhar

November 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM IST

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Fixed Vegetable Oil Tariffs: A Recipe for Market Distortion

Locking vegetable oil tariffs for years would rob policymakers of flexibility, harm consumers and farmers, and chiefly benefit refiners.

G. Chandrashekhar

October 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM IST

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Does Sustainable Palm Oil Deserve Any Concession?

Producers of certified sustainable palm oil seek duty relief, but there is little justification for any fiscal concession in the present circumstances

G. Chandrashekhar

October 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM IST

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