18 states to impose stock limits on edible oils ahead of Diwali festivities

Move aimed at easing prices; decision conveyed at a meeting today; UP has already imposed limits

In order to check the abnormal surge in edible oil prices during Diwali festivities, as many as 18 states are in the process of imposing stock holding limits on oilseeds and edible oils after being empowered by the Centre for doing so.

Of the 18 states that are in the process of imposing stock limit on my edible oils apart from UP, include Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha, Kerala, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Tripura and the Union Territory of Chandigarh.

Of the 18, Uttar Pradesh, has already imposed stock limits on edible oils, the Centre was informed at