The Government has approved domestic procurement of 10 lakh tonnes (LT) of pulses consisting of 5 LT of pulses from Kharif Marketing Season 2016-17 and 5 LT from Rabi Marketing Season 2017-18 for building the buffer, as per information provided by the Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, CR Chaudhary.
A buffer of 638,205.55 MT of pulses - 130,492.33 MT of Chana; 204,030.859 MT of Tur; 143,555.76 MT of Masur; 83,181.792 MT of Urad; and 76,943.81 MT of Moong, have been built through domestic procurement and import contracts, as on November 21.
Of the 20 LT of buffer stock of pulses approved by the Government, the tentative target is 10 LT through domestic procurement from farmers and another 10 LT from imports.