PM Modi Gives Clarion Call To Reduce Import Of Edible Oils
As PM Narendra Modi called for cutting edible oil imports to protect health and save the economy NDTV visits the mega global agriculture centre driving India towards self-sufficiency in oilseeds showing how reduced imports can strengthen farmer incomes boost domestic production and keep national resources within the country secure. NDTV’s Science Editor Pallava Bagla spoke exclusively to Dr Himanshu Pathak, Director General, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (CRISAT), Hyderabad while examining fields of new ground nut and sunflower varieties with higher edible oil content. The need of the hour is India’s oil, India’s farmers, should be India’s future.
