5 States to Procure 1 Lakh Tonnes of Tur from Buffer to Check Pulse Prices
4 years, 2 months ago

5 States to Procure 1 Lakh Tonnes of Tur from Buffer to Check Pulse Prices

News 18  

New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday said five states, including Bihar, have shown interest to buy a total of 1 lakh tonne of tur from its buffer stock for retail sale at a subsidised rate, in order to check rise in prices of pulses. Besides, the government has also decided to release 40,000 tonnes of tur from the buffer stock in open market sale in small lots, so that the releases may reach the retail market at a faster pace and help in cooling off rising prices, it said in a statement. The intervention, the consumer affairs ministry said, comes amid a rise in retail prices of pulses in the last fortnight despite nearing kharif harvest of tur and urad. As on Monday, the all-India average retail prices of tur and urad were observed to have increased 23.71 per cent and 39.10 per cent, respectively, over last year.

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India-Russia pulses trade to strengthen as kharif crop shows resilience
1 month, 1 week ago

India-Russia pulses trade to strengthen as kharif crop shows resilience

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The trade of pulses, including lentils and yellow peas, between India and Russia is set to grow, following a meeting between Russia's deputy agriculture minister Maxim Titov and India's consumer affairs secretary Nidhi Khare on Monday. To be sure, an influx of imports and promising kharif crop prospects have reduced India’s pulse supply constraints, particularly for tur, urad, …

Centre slaps stock limit on tur and chana till September to ensure affordability
6 months ago

Centre slaps stock limit on tur and chana till September to ensure affordability

Live Mint  

The Centre on Friday imposed stock limits on tur and chana till September amid persistent concern about a spike in prices and crop failure hitting supplies. Mint had earlier reported that the Centre was mulling imposing a stock limit on two crucial pulses—tur or arhar and chana–till September when southwest monsoon withdraws from the country, and kharif crops start getting …

India’s pulses imports rise 40% in 2023 as output falls
11 months, 3 weeks ago

India’s pulses imports rise 40% in 2023 as output falls

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India, which accounts for nearly half of the world’s pulses consumption, imported 2.9 million tonnes of masur, tur and urad in calendar year 2023, marking a 39.7% increase from the 2 mt imported in the year earlier, a senior government official said. To fulfil the domestic requirements, India is likely to end FY24 with pulses import of 4.5 …

How India is building self-reliance in pulses
1 year, 1 month ago

How India is building self-reliance in pulses

Live Mint  

The Union government is crafting a scheme to boost domestic production of pulses with a focus on select states, at a time when erratic weather and more remunerative crops have prompted many farmers to shift away from the kitchen staples. “The government believes that pulses’ growers are fully capable of replicating the production reported in 2016-17 for tur and further …

Pulses prices may spiral as deficient rain mars sowing
1 year, 4 months ago

Pulses prices may spiral as deficient rain mars sowing

The Hindu  

Tomato prices may be cooling from recent highs, but pulses could play the next spoilsport in the battle against inflation, with a below-par monsoon in August dragging down the sown area for pulses in the Kharif season by almost 10% from a year ago. This is because the total sown area for dals — 114.9 lakh hectares as on August …

Spiralling food prices: on the build-up of underlying inflation pressures
1 year, 5 months ago

Spiralling food prices: on the build-up of underlying inflation pressures

The Hindu  

Indian households find themselves yet again struggling to cope with a sharp surge in the prices of essential kitchen staples — ranging from tomatoes, onions and potatoes to tur dal and rice. Tomato prices have more than doubled month-on-month with the all-India average retail price as on June 29 soaring to ₹53.59 a kilogram, from ₹24.37 on May 29, data …

Centre to Offer Urad, Tur at Further Subsidised Rates to States for Retail Sale
4 years, 2 months ago

Centre to Offer Urad, Tur at Further Subsidised Rates to States for Retail Sale

News 18  

The Centre on Saturday decided to offer urad and tur from its buffer stock to states at a further subsidised rate for retail sale in order to check prices. Earlier, the Consumer Affairs Ministry had introduced a mechanism to supply pulses from the buffer stock to states at minimum support price plus 10 per cent other charges. “In order to …

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