Page 6 - Pulses

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

Pulses crisis is a man made scam of Rs 2.5 lakh crore: Cong

Asks PM to answer and take "decisive action" against those who "fleeced" the ordinary citizen in the last 15 months

Jaitley defends inflation record after Rahul attack

Finance minister tells Congress vice-president 'any form of bluster is not a substitute for statistics'

India seeks pulses from Myanmar, Africa to ease shortage, minister says

India consumes nearly 22 Mt pulses annually, but relies on imports to meet demand as production has been hit by uncertain monsoons

Farmers planting pulses in big way; area up 39% so far

There has been 30-35% jump in pulses area even in Maharashtra and Rajasthan

FCI reaches only 40% of rabi target

Late entry and farmers' preference for cash reasons for tardy progress; procurement may carry this over to kharif crop

India imports over 7 lakh tonnes of pulses in Apr-May

Ram Vilas Paswan said production of pulses varies in the range of 17-19.5 million tonnes while demand is estimated at 24.61 million tonnes

Arvind Subramaniam pulses panel to only supplement CACP on prices

The CEA-headed panel will look at the gamut of issues surrounding MSP of pulses and also the occasional bonus announced by the government

Pulses sowing almost 40% more than in 2015

Acreage rises thanks to good rain, firm prices; water levels in major reservoirs increase 60% in only 8 days