Withdraw cut in crude palm oil import duty, Rythu Sangham urges Centre
Rythu Sangham leaders urged the Centre to withdraw its decision to cut crude palm oil import duty from 16.5% to 11%, warning it could hurt oil palm and oilseed growers, weaken domestic edible oil production and undermine India’s efforts toward edible oil self-sufficiency.
Rythu Sangham leaders have demanded that the Centre immediately withdraw its decision to reduce the import duty on crude palm oil from 16.5% to 11%, saying the move would adversely affect oil palm and other oilseed growers in the country and the State.
Addressing the media here on Wednesday (September 30, 2026), the Sangham’s district president Katta Bhaskara Rao and secretary K. Srinivas said the reduction would destabilise domestic edible oil production and undermine efforts to make the country self-reliant in edible oils.
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Source : The Hindu
