Inflationary trends led by edible oil prices had hurt both household and industrial demand for soft and hard oils in Q1
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Decision arrived at today during a meeting between industry players & officials
The food ministry has called a meeting on Wednesday with edible oil industry bodies and manufacturers to discuss reduction in the retail prices of cooking oils amid a fall in global prices
Plans to enter ten states from four currently, expand capacity 10-fold to 1,000 tonnes a day and make additions to product portfolio
Rice bran prices have jumped to 30,000 rupees to 36,000 rupees per tonne compared with paddy prices of around 19,000 rupees, which is milled for rice extraction
They say some measures have spawned malpractices on the part of exporters, others have been partial to a certain section of traders
Individually, AWL was locked in the 5 per cent lower circuit band at Rs 664.95, while Ruchi Soya Industries, too, was down 5 per cent to Rs 1,045.45 on the BSE
Move follows ban on wheat export to rein in inflation
According to her, the country was facing various hurdles on import of edible oils due to the conflict
However, achieving self-sufficiency in edible oil will remain a distant dream unless drastic policy measures are taken
Sudhanshu Pandey, Secretary, DFPD said that due to higher market prices, a large quantity of wheat was being bought by traders at a higher rate than MSP, which was good for the farmers
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Policy support can increase edible oil production
Centre is monitoring prices regularly; has formed special teams to check hoarding
The government on Sunday said the country has sufficient stock of edible oils and it is keeping a close watch on the price as well as supply situation.
Indonesia has banned palm oil exports, but it has to liquidate stockpile and demand could be met from other sources.
Shares of Poona Dal & Oil Industries hit a record high of Rs 103.15 and were locked at the 10% upper circuit on the BSE.
It's back to square one for India, one of the biggest consumers of Indonesian palm oil, days after Indonesia had said the ban would exclude crude palm oil
Experts feel this could keep prices of major farm commodities and products dependent on them, such as poultry and meat, at an elevated level for quite some time