Agriculture, Fisheries & Animal Husbandry

National Mission on Edible Oils–Oil Palm (NMEO OP)

Launch Date: 2014-15

Nodal Agency : Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Objectives

  • To enhance the edible oilseeds production and oils availability in the country by harnessing Oil Palm area expansion, increasing current palm oil production.
  • To reduce import burden on edible oils.
  • Target Groups: Oilseeds cultivators

Key Features/Guidelines

  • It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
  • It is proposed to have an additional 6.5 lakh hectares for palm oil by 2025-26.
  • NMEO-OP will subsume the current National Food Security Mission-Oil palm programme.
  • Assurance to the Farmers in the form of ....
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