Consider the following statements : 1. The quantity of imported edible oils is more than the domestic production of edible oils in the last five years. 2. The Government does not impose any customs duty on all the imported edible oils as a special case. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

States that palm oil has dominated Indian edible-oil imports and accounts for around 74% of total edible-oil imports, implying imports are large and concentrated.

A student could combine this share with known annual import volumes of palm oil (from trade statistics) to approximate total edible-oil imports and compare with domestic production figures for 2013–14 to 2017–18.

Notes India is a major importer (with China) and that global consumption and trade are large, indicating substantial import dependence for edible oils.

Use reported global/regional import shares plus India’s import role to estimate India’s import volumes relative to likely domestic production in those years.

Contains the exact claim as a commonly asked question, showing this comparison (imports vs domestic production) is a recognized issue in study materials.

Treat this as a prompt to look up the underlying data sources (DGCI&S, Ministry of Commerce, or Directorate of Economics & Statistics) for import and production series for 2013–14 to 2017–18.

NCERT highlights the puzzle of why India imports edible oils despite being agriculturally rich, implying imports are significant relative to domestic supply.

Combine this conceptual point with specific production and import statistics for the period to judge whether imports exceeded production.

Gives India’s position among major oilseed producers and shares of world oilseed output, indicating substantial but not dominant global production capacity.

Use these production-share clues to temper expectations about domestic output—then compare actual national production numbers against import volumes for 2013–14 to 2017–18.