India, the world's largest edible oil importer, is now looking to be aatmanirbhar and scale up its palm oil production. That will help cut down its dependency on top palm-oil-producing countries like Indonesia and Malaysia.
Last week, the Cabinet approved Rs 11,040 crore for a centrally sponsored scheme that will focus on increasing productivity of oil seeds and oil palm in the Northeastern region and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. However, India finds itself in a position where, to gather this oil palm it will have to exploit the environment. In this episode we go back to our classical debate topic 1O1 ie - Ecology vs Economy!
