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RBD Palm Oil New Delhi, June 10: The Centre may start supplying edible oilsthrough ration shops in at least three states -- Himachal Pradesh,Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu -- from this month, as part of itsmeasures to give relief to the common man from rising prices. The government would supply one litre of cooking oil to each familycovered under below poverty line and Antyodaya Anna Yojana Schemeof the Public Distribution System (PDS) at subsidised rates. The centre would provide a subsidy of Rs 15 a litre for thisprogramme. The government has entrusted state-owned trading agencies MMTC,STC, PEC and co-operative major Nafed with the task to import onemillion tonne of edible oil to meet PDS requirement. These agencies have already contracted to import 1.72 lakh tonnefrom global suppliers, sources said. STC has contracted to import 46,000 tons, while PEC 85,000 tons,MMTC 17,000 tons and Nafed 24,000 tons, sources said, addingmajority of the quantity contracted are RBD Palmolein. "These agencies have been asked to import RBD Palmolein asgovernment intended to start supplying cooking oil under PDS at theearliest," a senior official said. RBD Palmolein is a refined oil and cane be directly distributed toconsumers after packing here unlike Crude Palm Oil (CPO) that needsto be refined. Apart from RBD Palmolein, these agencies are importing crudeSoyabean oil, which will be refined and then supplied under PDS.