NEW DELHI, 16 April 2022: India's production of oilseeds in the country has been increased substantially to 37.15 million tonnes, from 31.52 million tonnes recorded in 2018-19 as per the 2nd Advance Estimates, Directorate of Economics and Statistics.
Details of production of oilseeds during last three years and current year are as under:
| Year | Production (Million Tonnes) |
| 2018-19 | 31.52 |
| 2019-20 | 33.22 |
| 2020-21 | 35.95 |
| 2021-22* | 37.15 |
* 2nd Advance Estimates, Directorate of Economics and Statistics.
The estimated production of soybean, as per 2nd Advance Estimates of Directorate of Economic and Statistics, is 13.12 million tonnes during 2021-22 compared to the production of 12.61 million tonnes during 2020-21, agriculture & farmers welfare minister Narendra Singh Tomar said in the parliament recently.
The government has been implementing a centrally sponsored scheme, National Food Security Mission- Oilseeds & Oil palm (NFSM-OS&OP) from 2018-19 onwards to increase the production and productivity of oilseeds in the country.
Now the government has launched a separate Mission for Oil Palm namely National Mission on Edible Oils (Oil Palm) - NMEO (OP) in 2021-22, Tomar adds.
Both NFSM- Oilseeds and NMEO (OP) are being implemented in the country with the objective of augmenting the availability of edible oils by increasing the production and productivity of oilseeds & oil palm and reducing the import burden.