The Union Food and Consumer Affairs Ministry on Monday asserted that it will continue to monitor domestic stocks of tur and urad dals, and ...

The additional quota can be over 7-8 lakh tonne for tur only, said a trader in Delhi.

Karnataka has seen a bumper tur crop, like the rest of the country, and has procured a record 3,44,157 tonnes this year from the farmers.

The Centre also asked state governments to seek allocation of pulses from the buffer stock and sell at reasonable prices not exceeding Rs 1...

Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who was recently in Myanmar, said talks are going very well on government-to-government import of pul...

The Centre has built a buffer of 50,000 tonnes by way of domestic procurement. It is in the processing of procuring one lakh tonnes of chan...

Imposed under the Essential Commodities Act, the stock limits on pulses traders have been in place for over more than a year now.

Paswan today asked the Commerce Ministry to direct trading firms such as MMTC and STC to start importing and boost domestic supply.

Tur dal prices fell below Rs 200/kg in retail markets as state governments stepped up countrywide crackdowns on hoarders and have seized ov...

Over 82,000 tonnes of pulses have been seized so far from hoarders during 8,394 raids carried out by 12 state governments, resulting in a m...

Four state governments including Gujarat have started selling tur dal at a lower price of Rs 120-145/kg at retail points.

The Centre has also asked the states to hold discussions with dal millers, whole-sellers and retailers to make pulses available at reasonab...

In order to assess the availability of imported pulses, FM Jaitley today held two rounds of meetings, first with importers and later with o...

Following action against hoarding in some states, tur prices declined marginally to Rs 205 per kg from Rs 210 yesterday in retail markets.

The Centre has taken several other measures to increase availability including creation of a buffer stock of 40,000 tonnes of pulses.

According to the Consumer Affairs Ministry, over 5,800 tonnes of pulses have been seized in five states in the last few months.

Ex-mill dal prices have dropped following the revival of monsoon in Maharashtra , Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, the key pulse-growing ...