New Delhi: Virtual shelves of online grocers such as Amazon, Flipkart and Swiggy may soon see the debut of an unlikely item: Subsidized dal from the Government of India. The ministry of consumer affairs is expected to mandate e-commerce companies to offer cheaper pulses under the Bharat Dal scheme on their platforms, two people aware of the matter said. The …
New Delhi: The government is considering extending duty-free import of yellow peas for a few more months, possibly until February, to help lower prices and address shortages of tur and chana, two people familiar with the matter said. “Extending the duty-free import period for yellow peas would not align with India’s strained diplomatic relations with Canada. The farmers and traders …
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 …
The government's decision to levy agriculture infrastructure and development cess of 20%-50% on imported pulses will not have any impact on prices as the rise in cess will be neutralised by lowering of customs duty, according to India Pulses and Grains Association. In Budget 2021, the government proposed to reduce import duty to 10% on peas, Kabuli chana, Bengal gram …
