India imposes stock limits on tur, chana to cool pricesIndia has imposed stock limits on pigeon peas (tur) and chickpeas (chana) in efforts to stabilize prices and prevent hoarding amidst elevat...
Rising prices: Traders may be asked to declare stocks of yellow peas, tur and urad dal regularlyThe Wholesale Price Index inflation in pulses was 18.48% in February, up from 16.06% in January. With the general election scheduled for Ap...
India pigeon pea imports from top supplier Mozambique delayed, lifting pricesIndia, the world's biggest producer and consumer of pigeon peas, relies on imports during the final quarter of the year before the new crop...
Australia, Brazil to grow Arhar dal for Indian consumersSatish Upadhyay, executive committee member, IPGA, said, "Australia had earlier done trial production in 2019 and the quality was good. How...
Govt urged to increase MSP of pigeon peas (tur dal)The MSP of tur is Rs 6600/quintal, which is lower than moong's MSP at Rs 7755/quintal. India is expected to import more quantities of tur d...
Government caps toor daal imports to 2 lakh MT per annumIndia is world's largest importer of lentils and buys pigeon pea from Tanzania, Mozambique, Myanmar and Malawi.
Government to import 5,000 tonnes of tur dalMMTC has invited bids for supply of 5,000 tonnes of pigeon peas and the quantity of shipment can be increased depending on the price bids.
Centre to give Rs 10/kg subsidy to states on imported tur dalTo cushion the impact of price rise, the Centre will provide states a subsidy of Rs 10 per kg on imported tur dal (pigeon peas), a senior g...
Despite rising pulses imports, liberal policy can help contain prices and ensure regular supplyThe prices of pulses have soared beyond the reach of poor consumers. To cool inflationary pressure on pulses, the government was forced to ...
- Imports to keep retail prices of pulses in check
Pulses processors are asking the government to allow exports of pulses this year.
Increased supply results in fall in price of pulsesHowever, traders and companies feel that an unstable rupee against the US dollar could firm the prices.
- MMTC floats bids for import of 37,000 tonnes of pulses
MMTC, PEC and other state-run trading agencies like STC import different varieties of pulses on behalf of the government to augment domesti...
Food prices on the rise ahead of festive seasonTur dal crosses Rs 100 in south, other commodities also creep up.
- Worst fears for consumers coming true
The worst fears for consumers is coming true. Tur dal(or pigeon-pea) has breached the psychological barrier of Rs 100 per kg in Karnataka j...
- UAS works on transgenic variant of pigeon-pea
University of Agricultural Sciences(UAS), Dharwad has launched work on developing a transgenic variant of pigeon-pea(toor dal).
- MMTC floats tender to import 59,000 tons of pulses
MMTC has floated a global tender for import of 59,000 tons of pulses in order to improve the supply position in the domestic market and sta...
- MMTC to import 22,000 tons pulses from Myanmar, Australia
State-owned firm MMTC on Tuesday invited bids for import of 22,000 tons of pulses for arrival in March-April 2008.