Page 8 - Pulses

Paswan tells traders to bring pulses price below Rs 100/kg

Traders say diktat will translate into a Rs 1,500 crore loss as domestic prices have fallen sharply over past two months

Pulses traders welcome panel report

Say if adopted now, India will become self-reliant in pulses in five years

Subramanian bats for higher MSP on all pulses

The panel also recommended that the government procure pulses on a war footing, create buffer stock of 2 million tonnes

Announce higher MSP for pulses, speed up procurement: CEA panel

Panel was set up in the wake of a recent surge in retail prices of pulses

Record pulses output may boost kharif harvest to all-time high

This year's harvest is expected on the back on a good southwest monsoon and higher price realisation by farmers

Is FCI-like body needed for pulses?

The fund allocated for pulses buffer is more than 40% of entire farm ministry's 2016-17 budget

Govt to ramp up pulses buffer stock to 2 million tonnes at Rs 18,500 crore

The exercise will ensure a stable price regime for pulses and also encourage domestic farmers to increase production of pulses

Cabinet nod to increase pulses buffer stock to 20 lakh tonnes

The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by PM Modi

Govt agencies to buy pulses directly from farmers

Besides NAFED, the Small Farmers' Agribusiness Consortium and the Food Corporation of India are also undertaking pulses procurement

Indian output of pulses to hit record high, drag on prices: Industry

Prices of other pulses could fall below the MSP once supplies roll in from the new season crop

Pulses area Rise by 33 per cent

Total Kharif Acreage Up By 4 per cent

Pulses production may exceed 20 Mt in FY17

Better prices encourage farmers to divert to pulses which has increased sowing by 35.45%

Govt looks to speed up sale of pulses to beat price fall

Government officials said unless this is done, the government would be saddled with huge unsold inventory

Centre mulls selling pulses through private retail chains

Move comes as states show little interest in lifting pulses allocated to them

Pulses sowing highest in five years

In pulses, arhar has been the top gainer with area under the crop around 55 per cent more than the year-ago period

Pulses area up 35% on better monsoon

Pulses acreage stood at 121.10 lakh hectares this season against 89.72 lakh hectares last season

Pulses import fails to arrest price rise

Poor international crop resulted in further price rise as it forced importers to buy at higher rates to meet domestic demand

Several BJP states not collecting pulses from buffer stocks

Buffer stock mechanism pursued by the government to tackle skyrocketing prices of pulses does not seem to be working

India inks MoU with Mozambique to import 3.75lakh tonne pulses

India imported pulses worth $3.90 billion in 2015-16 as against $2.78 billion in the previous financial year

Urad dal price sharply declines during the week

Opening the week at Rs 14,200, urad dal was less by Rs 500 per quintal from Rs 14,700, ruled steady till Thursday