States asked to enforce stock disclosures of pulses

New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday directed all states and union territories to enforce weekly stock disclosures of pulses by all stockholding entities and verify their stock declarations.

Nidhi Khare, secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, met principal secretaries and secretaries of state consumer affairs, goods and civil supplies departments to enforce pulses stock disclosure by stockholding entities, according to an official release. Khare also met pulses importers, associations and industry representatives to discuss issues relating to imports and stock disclosures from April 15.

Apart from the five major pulses--tur, urad, chana, masoor and moong, states have been asked to monitor stocks of imported yellow peas. The government allowed imports of yellow peas from December 8 till 30 June to augment overall availability of pulses in the domestic market. - Our Bureau