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State governments asked increase vigilance on pulses
While holding a virtual meeting with the importers, customs and state officials and other stakeholder of the pulses trade, the Consumer Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare directed state governments to step up vigilance on pulses stock, especially imported yellow peas, and enforce weekly stock disclosure on stockholding entities effective April 15 amid reports of some varieties of imported pulses not reaching the market.
After the meeting, Khare said, pulses stocks in warehouses located in major ports and in industry hubs should be verified from time to time and “strict action should be taken on stockholding entities found to be reporting false information on stock disclosure portal”.
She told the states and the Union territories that there is a need to step up vigilance over the stock position and price trends in respect of pulses to prevent hoarding and market manipulation.
The state governments have been directed to monitor the stock position of imported yellow peas, apart from the five major pulses, tur, urad, chana, masur and moong, she said.
The government has allowed the import of yellow peas from December 8, 2023, till June 30, 2024, to augment the overall availability of pulses.
“Stressed the need to ensure that imported yellow peas are continuously released in the market and smilarly, stocks of tur, urad and masur with importers are to be monitored for smooth and continuous release in the market,” Khare was quoted saying.
Meanwhile, the importers and the industry players have been asked to regularly declare their stock of pulses, including imported yellow peas on a weekly basis, the secretary said, adding that in this regard, the Department of Consumer Affairs has updated the stock disclosure portal to include yellow peas and also big chain retailers as an entity.
She also said, it was learnt that imported tur and yellow peas were lying at customs warehouses and not coming to the market.
India is dependent on the import of pulses to meet the domestic shortages. According to the agriculture ministry’s second advanced food grains estimate, the production of tur and chana is likely to be marginally lower during the 2023-24 crop year (July- June).
