Pulses News

The Government has also made an announcement in Budget 2025 that procurement of tur (arhar), urad, and masur up to 100 per cent of the production of the state will be continued for another four years through central nodal agencies to achieve self-sufficiency in pulses in the country.

Similarly, 12.19 LMT of oilseeds of Rs 6,900 crore of MSP value were procured from 5.29 lakh farmers. 

The share of non-food expenditure in rural areas increased from 47.1 per cent in 2011-12 to 52.96 per cent in 2023-24, registering a 5.86 percentage point rise.  

The government has been strongly promoting the cultivation of pulses.In the 2023 Kharif season, the total area under cultivation across the country was 1,107.15 lakh hectares.  

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Check Out The Complete Rate Chart Of Minimum Support Prices For All Kharif Crops For Marketing Season 2024-25 After The Latest Hike On MSP By Govt.  

The Government of India fixes Minimum Support Price (MSP) for 22 mandated agricultural crops on the basis of the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP).

The sowing of pulses is down by 9.2 per cent, while that of oilseeds is lower by 1.7 per cent. It is likely to impact the production of moong, toor, urad and spices.

The increase in MSP for Rabi Crops for Marketing Season 2023-24 is in line with the Union Budget 2018-19 announcement of fixing the MSP at a level of at lease 1.5 times of the All-India weighted average Cost of Production, aiming at reasonably fair remuneration for the farmers. 

Imposition of stock limit on all pulses except moong was notified on July 2, 2021. The free regime in respect of import of tur and urad has been extended till March 31, 2022. This policy has been supported with facilitation measures and close monitoring of its implementation by the departments/organisations concerned.

The prices of pulses have come down after harvest from MP and Maharashtra reached the wholesale markets. Wholesale rate of tur dal, which reached Rs 95 to Rs 100 per kg, has now come down to Rs 72 to 75 per kg. This means that tur dal price has cooled down by about Rs 12-15.

A web portal has been developed to keep a check on the undesirable practice of hoarding. A mechanism has been institutionalised to monitor the speedy clearance of food commodities at ports. Changes have been made in import policy by shifting Tur, Urad and Moong from restricted category to free category.

RBI expects the global crude oil prices to remain volatile in the near term. CPI-based food inflation surged following a nationwide lockdown last year. Retail price increase in the post-lockdown period was much higher than the usual summer uptick in food prices.

Import of edible oil expensive. Diesel prices rising in the country. Items of everyday consumption even more expensive.

The Centre has decided to offer ‘urad’, ‘tur’ at subsidised rates to states for retail sale to check rising price of pulses Dhuli urad is being offered to states at Rs 79 per kg for K-18 variety and at Rs 81 per kg for K-19 variety of 2018 kharif crop Similarly, tur is being offered for retail intervention at Rs 85 per kg, the govt release said

MSP payment to the farmers for pulses has seen the most substantial hike. Procurement of wheat from farmers for Rabi 2020 has touched an all-time high record figure. 42 lakh farmers were paid Rs 73,500 Crore, towards Mini-mum Support Price for wheat in the current Rabi season.

The millers are selected on the basis of Out Turn Ratio (OTR) bids by NAFED through online auctions.

According to a previous study, a diet high in animal protein is associated with a higher risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a condition in which fat builds up in the liver, in overweight people.

Last week, the cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) gave approval for distributing a part of the pulses buffer stock to central schemes like Midday Meal and other state-run agencies besides state governments.

The Union Cabinet on June 7 had approved the minimum support price of 14 kharif (sown in summer) crops.