Under the Safta (South Asian Independent Trading Area) Agreement from Nepal, importing oil on zero duties is not only a problem in North and East India, but now the problems are increasing in southern and central India. In this regard, the announcement issued by the Customs Department (Customs) on March 18 has asked the exporters/importers to “evidence” instead of “origin certificate” for things imported under the concession duty. After this announcement, this hopes that India’s solvent extraction association (SEA) will help reduce the flow of oil that can be eaten from Nepal and other SAARC countries.
Great loss for farmers and government
In his monthly letter to marine members, sea leader Sanjeev Asthana said that there are plenty of purified soybean oil and palm oil in India, despite ‘the rules’ of Nepal from Nepal. This is a serious impact on indigenous refiners and oil spit farmers, causing the government to lose huge revenue. He said that even though it began slowly, it has now reached a dangerous situation. It threatens the existence of vegetable oil refineries in these areas, the markets are decaying and the purpose of the high import duty on eating oils is weakening.
The government requested intervention
According to an English newspaper ‘The Business Line’, sea leader Sanjeev Asthana has urged the Prime Minister and other key ministers to take necessary action from Nepal and other SAARC countries to intervene and regulate the imports of eating oils. He said the Union Trade Ministry had given a favorable response and would take action. Asthana said that rapseed and mustard are important crops in reducing the pro -India state of oil imports. It is necessary to realize the self -reality of the oils, to realize the dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Self -India’, to strengthen expansion services and to raise awareness for the better agricultural methods.
Increased production from shape of mustard sample
According to the SEA’s standard mustard sample farm (MMF), this initiative helps to equip the farmers with advanced agricultural techniques launched in 2020-21, which has increased productivity and flexibility. India’s mustard production increased from 86 lakh tonnes to 116 lakh tonnes in 2023-24 by 2020-21. At the same time, the area under the cultivation of mustard has increased annually, which increased by 67 lakh hectares of 2020-21 to about 94 lakh hectares in 2023-24.
This year, the mustard sample farm has expanded to 750 fields in Madhya Pradesh, 350 in Uttar Pradesh and 900 fields in 900 fields in Rajasthan. The MMF is most importantly progressive in yield. Asthana said, “The best techniques are on average yield of 20-25 per cent compared to traditional agricultural systems.
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