India produces on average between 25-27 million tonnes of pulses and imports 2-3 million tonnes annually. However, this year, the area sown...

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

Millet is no longer promoted as mota anaj; instead, it will be called shree anna or nutri cereal, a superfood high in iron and calcium. The...

Three decades of liberalisation and attempts to transform into an industrial nation notwithstanding, India remains an economy largely depen...

The papad-making industry in South, which does sales worth hundreds of crores , has been caught unawares by the steep rise in the price of ...

The first tranche of 1,792 tonnes of tur dal arrived last week, the first import of pulses in about last four years, which will help boost ...

With respect to Urad, MMTC indicated that 5,000 tonnes of Urad from Myanmar will also be received at the Chennai and JNPT.

MMTC has finalised import of 5,000 tonnes each of tur and urad. It has also floated fresh tender for additional 5,000 tonnes of tur.

Barring chana dal, retail prices of all pulses are ruling above Rs 100/kg across the country. The maximum increase in prices has been seen ...

Government also said that previously approved import of 5,000 tonnes each of Tur and Urad Dal will be reaching the country by September 5.