The government has procured over 62,000 tonnes of pulses in order to create buffer stock, as per information provided by Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan. The government has also contracted imports for 26,000 tonnes to increase domestic supply and check prices.
Till now, a total of 50,424.07 tonnes of tur and urad from kharif marketing season 2015-16 and 11,754.06 tonnes of chana and masur from rabi marketing season 2016-17 have been procured. In addition, imports have been contracted for about 13,500 tonnes of tur and 12,500 tonnes of urad.
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan have so far requested for allocation of pulses from buffer stock
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