
While India is the biggest milk producer in the world, productivity remains low because of small herd size and lack…
To bridge the gap between demand and supply, the country imports about 15% of its annual pulses consumption of around…
Inflation in pulses rose 9.8% in September from 113% in August, as prices have softened due to prospects of robust…
The government recently abolished minimum export prices (MEP) for onion and also reduced the export duty on the staple vegetable…
Last month, the government had imposed stock holding limits on tur and chana till September 30.
Chauhan also unveiled 25 new varieties of various crops, including rice.
Sales of “Bharat” dal, rice and atta to to be boosted to curb price rise.
Importers have been asked to use the Rupee/Kyat direct payment mechanism through Punjab National Bank’s Special Rupee Vostro Account
As per CRISIL MI&A Research estimates, the cost of home-cooked non-veg thali declined 7 per cent in March, while that…
The government wants to build a buffer which can be used for marketing intervention programmes for curbing rise in prices.
The government has held a series of discussions with Brazil and Argentina to source urad and tur dal for meeting…
Earlier India had signed an MoU with Mozambique for import of 0.2 MT of tur annually for five years when…
The move is likely to provide assurance to the farmers to grow pulses varieties — tur, urad and masoor. India…
During February 15 – April 15, the two agencies are aiming to purchase 0.4 million tonne (MT) of tur for…
The mandi prices of tur dal on Wednesday at Latur, Maharashtra, the hub of the trade, was ruling around Rs…
Tur and urad dal have been kept under free category, which means there will be no curbs on their imports.
Import dependence in the case of pulses and oilseeds has risen significantly in recent years.
Currently the farmers’ cooperative Nafed has 0.5 million tonne (MT) of moong stock against a buffer of 0.1 MT.