SEA urges govt to exempt edible oils from Storage Control

Edible oil industry body Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) today said it has urged the government again to exempt oilseeds and vegetable oils from the Storage Control Order for free market and movement.
"We have been making appeal and representations to the government that in current situation Storage Control Order has become irrelevant and lost its utility," SEA executive director B V Mehta said in a release.
"We have requested the government to exempt the domestic edible oilseed processors or traders from the purview of stock limit for oilseeds and oils," he said.
SEA, Mehta said, has sent a memorandum to Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan to exempt the oilseeds and vegetable oils from the Order for free market and movement.

The government under Storage Control Order 1977, has imposed the stock limit on oil and oilseeds and amended from time to time, the SEA said.