India imports over 7 lakh tonnes of pulses in April-MayIn a written reply to Lok Sabha, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said the country has imported 7,05,477 tonnes of pulses in the first two mo...
19 Jul, 2016, 05.52 PM IST
Import of pulses under scanner to check black marketingThe intelligence agencies have been asked to coordinate among themselves and share actionable inputs to check any wrongdoing, the sources s...
19 Jun, 2016, 11.02 AM IST
65 lakh tonnes of pulses to be imported this year: Ram Vilas PaswanUnion Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said the government plans to import 65 lakh tonnes of pulses this year to meet the demand.
15 Mar, 2016, 06.09 PM IST
State polls ahead, Modi government appoints panel to keep eye on key commodities like pulsesP K Sinha took a review meeting on prices of such commodities and directed all these agencies to enforce stock limits of pulses, in particu...
24 Feb, 2016, 12.59 PM IST
Shortfall in sight, government takes steps to check pulse pricesWiser after the Bihar debacle, the Centre has stepped up efforts to avoid another round of sharp increase in prices of pulses, particularly...
13 Jan, 2016, 01.27 PM IST
Government offloads over 93,500 tons of seized pulses in retail mktsOver 93,500 tonnes of pulses seized from hoarders have been offloaded in the retail markets, the government said today.
16 Dec, 2015, 09.27 PM IST
Government takes note of allegations on overseas hoarding of pulsesThe government has received a representation alleging hoarding of pulses by big traders and importers in "a foreign country", Parliament wa...
08 Dec, 2015, 04.23 PM IST
'Hoarding, high transport costs reasons for high pulses prices'Hoarding, rising transportation cost and a lack of production are the main reasons behind rise in retail prices of pulses in the country, g...
08 Dec, 2015, 02.34 PM IST
Over 5,366 tonnes of seized pulses offloaded in markets to cool rateOver 5,366 tonnes of pulses have been offloaded in the markets so far out of a total 1.32 lakh tonnes seized from hoarders in raids conduct...
18 Nov, 2015, 02.44 PM IST
Arvind Kejriwal blames hoarding, commodity stock market for price riseKejriwal today blamed "hoarding" and commodity stock market behind skyrocketing retail prices of pulses and questioned the Maharashtra gove...
24 Oct, 2015, 10.26 PM IST
Pulses worth Rs 125 crore seized in ThanePulses worth around Rs 125 crore, which were hoarded in various godowns here, have been seized by the Thane Police and Supplies department.
22 Oct, 2015, 03.52 PM IST
Over 35,000 tonnes pulses seized from hoarders in 10 states: CentreFollowing action against hoarding in some states, tur prices declined marginally to Rs 205 per kg from Rs 210 yesterday in retail markets.
21 Oct, 2015, 07.14 PM IST
Under pressure from Centre, state governments carry out raids on pulses tradersPravin Chorbele, president, Poona Merchants Chamber said, “The government should first include the big retail chains and MNCs in their acti...
21 Oct, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Chana futures tumble 4% on government steps to curb pricesChana prices plunged 4 per cent to hit a lower circuit at Rs 5,092 per quintal in futures trade today as speculators indulged in offloading...
19 Oct, 2015, 12.36 PM IST
Government puts stock limits on pulses by big retailers, importersLast week, the government decided to buy 40,000 tonnes of pulses (tur and urad) from farmers at market rates to create a buffer stock.
18 Oct, 2015, 09.42 PM IST
High prices of pulses: MP CM asks officials to check hoardingThe CM after reviewing the situation directed to impose pulses stock ceiling order and also ordered to launch a drive to check hoarding and...
17 Oct, 2015, 08.43 PM IST
- Hoarding plays spoilsport for price rise: Pawar
The Centre on Monday admitted hoarding was one of the reasons for rise in prices of essential commodities and said states can put stock hol...
07 May, 2007, 12.18 AM IST