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India : Govt. orders further import of 90,000 tonnes of pulses
Publish Date : 30-Aug-2016
The government has ordered additional import of 90,000 tonnes of pulses, comprising 40,000 tonnes of masur, 20,000 tonnes of tur, 20,000 tonnes of chana and 10,000 tonnes of urad for the buffer stock.
This was decided at a meeting of the Price Stabilisation Fund chaired by union consumer affairs secretary Hem Pande on Friday.
The order has brought the total import of pulses for buffer stock to 1,76,000 tonnes.
Meanwhile, local purchase of pulses has reached 1,20,000 tonnes as of 23rd August 2016.
State procurement agencies have also been asked to prepare for procurement of the coming crop of pulses, which is expected to be good in 2016.
The meeting assessed the procurement and distribution of pulses from buffer stocks. The centre has so far assigned about 40,000 tonnes of the buffer stock to states for distribution at not over Rs120 per kg. These pulses are provided to the states tur at the rate of Rs67 per kg and urad at the rate of Rs82 per kg.
