But for a good groundnut crop in Gujarat and a normal soyabean crop in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan, the entire kharif oilseeds estimates would have been grim leading to an increased reliance on imports.
Apart from a major increase in groundnut production, there has been a marginal or zero increase in the oilseeds output in the country, according to the revised estimates compiled by the VMA Oilseeds Research and Development Institute (Vordi).
The revised production estimates of oilseeds during the kharif season stands at 121.37 lakh tonne, a nearly 12 lakh tonne increase over last year
