The retail prices of most pulses are still ruling high across the country even as the wholesale prices have started showing declining trend and the government is hopeful of them coming down further. Food minister Ram Vilas Paswan has said that wholesale prices of pulses are gradually falling and its impact will be reflected soon in retail markets as hoarders cannot hold the stock for long with arrival of new crop from next month. Further he said there will be bumper crop this year and government have also tied up with many countries for imports of pulses.
Paswan added that buoyed by higher minimum support price (MSP), farmers have grown pulses in more area this year and good monsoon has boosted prospects of bumper harvest of lentils. With sharp fall in wholesale rate of moong (green gram) in some parts of the country, farmers have demanded the government for procurement of lentils at the MSP. Further, the government is expecting pulses production to be at 20 million tonnes in the 2016-17 crop year (July-June), much higher than 16.47 million tonnes last year.
As per the government data, tur dal is available at Rs 170/kg, urad at Rs 175/kg, moong at Rs 130/kg, gram at Rs 120/kg and masoor dal at Rs 115/kg in retail markets. Whereas the average wholesale prices for tur dal is Rs 103/kg and urad is Rs 128/kg.
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