National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm
Shown as running by: Oil palm viability price for 2025-26 (OM of 1 Jan 2026) (1 Jan 2026, Office Memorandum F. No. 3-14/2021-OP (SB) dated 1st January, 2026, paras 1–2: Viability Price for OPY 2025–26 ₹15,488 per ton of FFBs, effective from 1st November, 2025 to 31st October, 2026)
Help to plant oil palm: planting material for the whole holding (₹20,000 a hectare for Indian seedlings, ₹29,000 for imported), half the cost of upkeep and intercrops for the first four years up to ₹42,000 a hectare, and a government-assured viability price for the fruit bunches.
- Lead benefit
- 100%of the cost, at most
- Components
- 3each read from the document
- Who can apply
- 6kinds of applicant
- Closing date
- Noneapply any time
What it pays
Planting material for your whole oil palm area: up to ₹20,000 a hectare for domestic seedlings or ₹29,000 a hectare for imported seedlings (150 plants a hectare).
What the document says, word for word
The money pays for the seedlings and is routed through the state department or the processor, not paid to you in cash (cl. 15.1).
“15.1 … Assistance will be provided to the farmers through the State Department of Agriculture/Horticulture/ Oil palm processors for purchasing of planting material @ Rs. 20,000/ha for domestic seedlings and Rs. 29,000/ha for imported seedlings (at the rate of 150 plants per ha) for the entire land holding and planting area of the farmer.”Half the cost of looking after the young palms and growing intercrops during the first 4 years, up to ₹42,000 a hectare in all (₹10,500 a hectare a year).
What the document says, word for word
North-Eastern states and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands get ₹50,000 per hectare (₹6,250 + ₹6,250 a year) instead of ₹42,000 (cl. 16.1); the document does not list the states, so we apply the ₹42,000 figure everywhere — ask your state department if you are in the North-East or A&N.
“16.1 … During gestation period of 4 years, assistance for maintenance to the farmers will be given @ 50% of the cost limited to Rs. 50,000/ha (Rs. 6,250/ha per year for Maintenance and Rs. 6,250/ha per year for Inter-cropping) in NE/A& N Islands & Rs. 42,000/ha (Rs. 5,250/ha per year for Maintenance and Rs. 5,250/ha per year for Inter-cropping) for General States.”An assured price of ₹15,488 a tonne for oil palm fresh fruit bunches from 1 November 2025 to 31 October 2026: if the processor pays less, the government pays the difference.
What the document says, word for word
Paid only in states that have signed an MoU adopting the scheme’s industry payment formula; where a state keeps its own oil palm price order, no viability gap payment is made (guidelines cl. 29 V, PDF p.21). A new viability price is declared for each oil palm year.
“Viability Price for OPY 2025–26 — ₹ 15,488 (Rupees Fifteen Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-Eight only) per ton of FFBs. 2. The above Viability Price shall be effective from 1st November, 2025 to 31st October, 2026.”How much can I claim?
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The money pays for the seedlings and is routed through the state department or the processor, not paid to you in cash (cl. 15.1).
Who can apply
- Other farmer
- Small or marginal farmer
- SC farmer
- ST farmer
- Woman farmer
- Tenant or sharecropper
Papers you need
How to apply
- Register as an oil palm farmer on the NMEO portal or through your state agriculture/horticulture department; planting material is supplied through the department or the oil palm processor for your area (cl. 15.1).
- Plant at about 150 palms per hectare; the maintenance and intercrop help is given during the 4-year gestation period (cl. 15.1, 16.1).
- Sell your fresh fruit bunches to the processor; if what the processor pays is below the viability price, the government pays the gap — only in states that have signed the MoU for the scheme’s price formula (cl. 29 III, V).
Applying is free. Never pay anyone to apply for you.
When to apply
The guidelines set no closing date.
Combining with other schemes
The documents do not say whether this can be combined with other schemes. Ask the implementing office before you count on both.