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Identify oilseeds producing areas in India and discuss the measure to promote edible oil industry.

  • UPSC 2020
  • Industry

Oilseeds take roughly 14 per cent of India's cropped area, about 24.5 million hectares, and the core belt is rain-fed dry land — Malwa, Marathwada, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Telangana, Rayalaseema and the Karnataka plateau — not irrigated alluvium.

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  • The Kharif Dryland Oilseeds
  • The Rabi Belt and the Plantation Oils
  • The Problem the Measures Must Solve
  • Measures to Promote the Edible Oil Industry
  • Way Forward

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