Pulses prices surge: Will cheaper imports bring relief to consumers? Stakeholders dividedIndia currently imposes a 10% import duty on red lentils and chickpeas, while yellow peas attract a 30% duty.
06 Oct, 2026, 12.59 PM IST
Pulses, oilseed prices rise as rain deficit hits cropsKey pulse and oilseed prices have risen sharply compared to last year. Scanty rains are affecting the current kharif crop and raising rabi ...
17 Sep, 2026, 12.18 AM IST
From dialogue to delivery: Turning 3 decades of ASEAN-India agri-cooperation into farmers’ prosperityAs officials and ministers from India and the 11 ASEAN member states gather in New Delhi for a two-day meeting, the substance of this partn...
07 Sep, 2026, 11.03 AM IST
To ease shortage of pulses, government exempts stock limit on kabuli chanaThis move is expected to help importers bring in more Kabuli chana into India ahead of the festival season. Pulses, including kabuli chana,...
12 Jul, 2024, 02.12 PM IST
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...
22 Jun, 2024, 01.02 AM IST
Payment mechanism for traders importing pulses from Myanmar simplified: GovtIndia has simplified the payment mechanism for traders importing pulses from Myanmar, requiring them to use the Rupee/Kyat direct payment s...
13 Apr, 2024, 01.14 PM IST
States asked to enforce stock disclosures of pulsesCentre mandates states to disclose weekly pulses stocks. Khare oversees compliance and import discussions. States monitor yellow peas impor...
11 Apr, 2024, 12.23 AM IST
Centre to impose stock limits on tur and urad dal till October 31The move has come after the price of tur and urad saw a sharp jump in prices this week. The prices of the two commodities have been high si...
02 Jun, 2023, 10.28 PM IST
Kitchen staples pinch on weather, disease woesClimatic changes, crop damages caused by unseasonal rainfall, and diseases in cattle have resulted in increase of kitchen staple prices, sa...
13 Apr, 2023, 12.22 AM IST
Stockists declare 30.97 lakh pulses stock on govt portal so far"At least 11,635 stockholders have registered declaring 3097694.42 tonne of stock of pulses on the official portal of Department of Consume...
30 Sep, 2021, 04.18 PM IST
Govt exempts importers from stock limit on pulses; increases it for wholesalers and millersResponding to the decision, pulses prices increased by 1% to 2% in the spot markets across the country. "These entities shall however conti...
19 Jul, 2021, 07.55 PM IST
Stock limits on pulses not removed, being enforced, says govtThe central government has also shared information with the States about mismatch between the stocks declared by the stockists on the porta...
14 Jul, 2021, 11.53 PM IST
Govt imposes stock limits on pulses till Oct to check price riseThe stock limit of 200 tonnes has been imposed on wholesalers provided they do not hold more than 200 tonne of one variety of pulses, the m...
02 Jul, 2021, 08.01 PM IST
Government says retail prices of tur, moong dal and urad on declining trendAccording to the ministry, the average increase in prices of these three pulses during April to June 16, 2021 was 0.95 per cent as compared...
18 Jun, 2021, 09.33 PM IST
Centre asks states to use Essential Commodities Act to prevent hoarding of pulses, control pricesStates/UTs were also requested to monitor the prices of pulses on weekly basis. An online datasheet was also shared with States/UTs to fill...
17 May, 2021, 09.33 PM IST
Cabinet clears buffer stock of pulses, infrastructure status for shipbuilding; 106 more national waterwaysThe Union cabinet on Wednesday took a string of decisions, including creating a buffer stock of pulses and granting infrastructure status t...
10 Dec, 2015, 04.58 AM IST
51,000 tonnes of seized pulses offloaded in retail marketPulses prices had crossed Rs 200 per kg in the retail market due to a fall in production by two million tonnes in 2014-15 crop year (July-J...
03 Dec, 2015, 03.20 PM IST