India has extended the timeline for duty-free imports of yellow peas by a month through April, 2024, an official gazette notification said. In early December, the central government allowed duty-free imports of yellow peas until March 2024. It was part of New Delhi’s intervention to cool the prices of the overall pulse basket. Reportedly, the […]
The Uttar Pradesh government, led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has issued instructions to senior officials in the Department of Food and Civil Supplies to address the issues of hoarding and price increases of pulses within the state. These instructions include conducting inspections and verifications of pulse traders to enforce the revised stock limit set […]
The central government has decided to release pulses Tur from the national buffer stock in a “calibrated and targeted” manner till imported stocks arrive in the domestic market. The food ministry in a release Tuesday said it has directed National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED) and National Cooperative Consumers Federation (NCCF) to dispose of tur […]
Chairman and Managing Director of Food Corporation of India Ashok KK Meena said that the central government has directed the agency to conduct the e-auctions of wheat and rice to check the “inflationary trends” and to control the price of such staple foodgrains. The maximum quantity that a buyer can bid for is limited to […]
