Page 7 - Pulses

Select pulses slide on adequate stocks, low demand

Strengthening rupee against the dollar which made imports cheaper also influenced the sentiment to some extent

Centre directs ED, others to recover illegally stored chana

By bringing down the gap between retail and wholesale prices, retail traders would be dis-incentivised to store pulses beyond a reasonable time

Agri firms see hurdles in investing in Africa

With past investments stuck, investors seek assurance from the African government over returns on investment

Centre forms panel on pulses crisis, expands buffer stock

Importers accuse domestic traders of pushing up prices

Prices of select pulses decline further

Select pulses led by gram drifted further lower by Rs 200 a quintal at the wholesale pulses market on Tuesday, dragged down by pick-up in supplies, after the government took steps to curb rising prices amid slackened demand at current levels.

Pulses imports may rise to 5 mn tonnes in Apr-Dec: Industry

India, the world's largest producer, had imported about 4.5 million tonne in the corresponding period of the previous year

Govt procures 1.19 lakh tonnes of pulses to cool prices

The government recently decided to enhance the buffer stock limit of pulses to 0.8 million tonnes for making market intervention when prices firm up in retail markets

Pulses production shortfall causing price rise: Arvind Subramanian

The CEA said govt has incentivised cultivation of pulses by raising the minimum support price

Government team leaves for Mozambique to explore pulses imports

Another delegation is in Myanmar to discuss availability of pulses for import from there

Traders strike deals to import 3 mt pulses to cool prices

Retail pulse prices have been rising as its output is estimated to have declined to 17.06 million tonnes in 2015-16 crop year

MMTC invites bids to import 5,000 tonnes pulses

India is the world's largest producer of pulses, but its domestic demand outstrips production

Centre arranging 150,000 tonnes of pulses for buffer

The Centre is asking states to seek allocation of pulses from the buffer stock and sell at prices not exceeding Rs 120 a kg

Union Cabinet nod to raising minimum support price of pulses

Woos Jayalalithaa with extra foodgrains, approval to Chennai Metro Rail extension

Govt hikes pulses MSP by up to Rs 425/quintal to boost output

Govt has also decided to give a bonus of Rs 100-200 per quintal for oilseeds, said Agriculture Minister

Pulses costlier due to poor rainfall, reduced imports: Paswan

Last year, pulse production was 171 lakh tonnes whereas requirement was 226 lakh tonnes

No state should sell pulses at more than Rs 120/kg: Ram Vilas Paswan

Paswan blamed hoarding as one of the prime factors for rising prices of pulses

Import of pulses up 26% to 5.79 mt in FY16

The production of pulses is estimated to have risen to 17.33 MT in 2015-16, as against 17.15 MT in the previous year

Why pulses prices are rising

Lower output and inadequate policy are some of the reasons

Government takes several measures to curb pulses prices

Empowers states to put stock limits, Sebi raises margins sharply on chana futures and IT raids traders

States asked to stock up pulses from central buffer system

This is in order to avert price spikes in the coming months