Finance ministry for detailed policy on pulses buying

Asks Niti Aayog, consumer dept to frame one on procurement, disposal of buffer

The finance ministry has asked the Niti Aayog and the department of consumer affairs to frame a comprehensive pricing policy for liquidation of its over 1 million-tonne buffer stock of pulses.

That apart, it has also been decided by a Price Stabilisation Fund Committee to continue procurement of tur or arhar (split red gram) till April 15 in view of a bumper harvest. That for urad (black gram) and moong (green gram) won't be continued, except in areas where purchase coupons have already been issued to farmers.

The government has also decided to start purchasing chana (chickpeas) and masur (red lentils) till