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The Dollar Business Bureau The Central government has issued a notification restricting the imports of urad/moong dal (split green gram/split black gram) into India. Imports of these pulses will now be subjected to an annual quota (fiscal year) of 3 lakh MT only. Earlier there was no quantitative restrictions imposed on the imports of these pulses into India. It however said that this restriction will not apply to Government’s import commitments under any bilateral/regional Agreement/MOU. This was released via a notification 22/2015-2020 dated August 21, 2017. It should be recollected that traders of moong/urad dal had demanded from the government that these lentils too should be extended the import restrictions that apply to tur dal or pigeon peas. The Commerce Ministry has restricted the ...

PTI As pulses raced to touch up to Rs.200 per kg, intelligence agencies were today asked to crack down on cartels, while futures trade was curbed to check speculation and buffer stock was hiked over 5-times to 8 lakh tonnes to boost supply in a multi-pronged approach. Efforts were also beefed up to sell larger quantities of pulses at highly-subsidised rates through government agencies and outlets, but favourable results were hardly visible in the retail and wholesale markets. Urad dal was selling as high as Rs.196 per kg, while chana was also seen moving closer to Rs.100 per kg level. Tur dal continued to rule high at Rs.166 per kg, while moong and masur were being sold at Rs.125 and ...

PTI With retail prices of pulses surging to near Rs.200 per kg level, the Centre is releasing 10,000 tonnes of tur and urad pulses to the states for distribution to common man at rates not exceeding Rs 120/kg. The government has decided to release "10,000 tonnes of unmilled Tur dal at Rs.66 per kg and unmilled urad dal at Rs.82 per kg to the states for retail distribution" of milled/processed dals at not more than Rs.120 per kg, an official statement said today. States have been requested to immediately place their requirement for making allotment of tur and urad dals for retail distribution through their channels, it said. The Centre has built a buffer of 50,000 tonnes by way of domestic procurement. Additionally, about ...

Deepak Kumar | The Dollar Business In the wake of falling production and soaring prices of pulses, the government has decided to import 3,000 tonnes of pulses – 2,000 tonnes of tur and 1,000 tonnes of urad—to meet the domestic demand. The decision was taken on Monday during a meeting between Union Cabinet Secretary P K Singh and secretaries of states departments. Singh also directed all states to increase procurement and create a buffer stock of pulses. The government had earlier imported 5,000 tonnes of tur and placed a revised order for importing additional 2,000 tonnes of chickpeas. “Cabinet Secretary directed that all the 400 outlets of Kendriya Bhandar and Safal in Delhi should start distributing imported tur dal immediately,” Ministry ...