Over 62,000 MT pulses procured by government agencies

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Last Updated : May 10 2016 | 4:47 PM IST
The government agencies have procured over 62,000 MT of pulses till now which include 50,424.07 MT of Tur and Urad from Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2015-16, and 11,754.06 MT of Chana and Masur from Rabi Marketing Season (RMS) 2016-17.

In addition, imports have been contracted for about 13,500 MT of Tur and 12,500 MT of Urad respectively.

There has been a strict vigilance by the Government to prevent importers from mis-using the facilities of Customs Bonded Warehouse facility. Domestic searches and surveys have also been conducted on a number of importers, traders and financiers engaged in pulses trade.

Till now, request for allocation of pulses from buffer stock has been received from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Rajasthan.

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First Published: May 10 2016 | 4:03 PM IST

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