Edible oil units must register with national portal: Ministry
India’s food ministry has warned that edible oil units not registering on the national portal will face penalties under the amended Vegetable Oil Products, Production and Availability (VOPPA) regulations, 2025. Mandatory registration and monthly stock reporting aim to improve real-time monitoring of production, imports, and availability, ensuring better policy intervention and price stability.
Edible oil units not registering on the national portal will face penal action under the relevant provision of Vegetable Oil Products, Production and Availability (VOPPA) regulations as amended in August, 2025 according to a food ministry statement on Wednesday.
“Non-compliance with the amended VOPPA order, will be treated as a violation and units failing to register or submit their returns will face penal action,” it stated.
To ensure real-time assessment of availability, production and imports of edible oils, the food ministry had amended the VOPPA order, 2011 which ensured mandatory registration of edible oil units, and declaration of their stock on a monthly basis.
“The response from the edible oil industry has been encouraging. A significant number of edible oil units across the country have already registered on the national single window system portal and are regularly submitting their monthly returns,” according to the statement.
Officials said registration of units and stocks on the national portal would ensure accurate data collection, real-time monitoring, and improved policy intervention in the edible oil sector.
It stated that those units involved in production, processing, blending or re-packing of edible oils are required to adhere to the following under the amended VOPPA Order.
Under the proposed new regulation, any entity that intends to stock for sale, process vegetable oil, oil products sale and solvent extracted oils need to register with the director, directorate of sugar and vegetable oils (DSVO).
Officials said this ensures that the government has a robust understanding of the cooking oil supply situation, especially when Indian imports over 57% of its annual edible oil consumption.
The country imported 15.96 million tonnes (MT) of crude and refined oils – palm, soybean and sunflower – during 2023-24 oil year (November-October) valued at Rs 1.32 lakh crore. To ensure domestic supplies and keep prices under check, the government has been tweaking import duties on the edible oils.
On May 30, India reduced the effective import duty including basic custom duty and cess on these three oils to 16.5% from 27.5% imposed in September last year to curb spike in prices. The country imports oils from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Ukraine, Russia and Argentina.
India produces oils such as mustard, soybean and groundnut.
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Source : Financial Express
