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National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm

The National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm is a centrally sponsored agricultural scheme designed to boost domestic production of oilseeds and oil palm to reduce India's heavy reliance on edible oil imports.

Why it matters

  • It addresses a critical macroeconomic vulnerability by reducing foreign exchange outflow spent on importing over half of India's domestic edible oil requirement.
  • It serves as a key policy instrument for crop diversification away from water-intensive cereal monocultures toward climate-resilient rainfed agriculture.
  • It integrates agricultural supply chains by incentivizing elite planting material, processing infrastructure, and price assurance mechanisms for growers.

How it is asked

UPSC evaluates this topic under GS Paper 3 in the context of cropping patterns, agricultural self-reliance, and supply chain management. Questions typically assess the structural bottlenecks in achieving edible oil security, the ecological trade-offs of expanding oil palm cultivation in biodiversity-rich regions, and the effectiveness of technology-led productivity interventions.

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