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India cuts edible oil import duty to lower prices ahead of festivals

23 September 2026, 10:57 am

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FILE PHOTO: A labourer carries vegetable oil packets on a tricycle as a man stands in front of his shop selling food grains, at a wholesale market in Kolkata, India, January 4, 2017. Picture taken January 4, 2017. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/File Photo

Reuters led the market on India’s late-night vegetable-oil tariff cut, a move that also confirmed the team’s exclusive reporting that a policy shift was under consideration.