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Govt needs to revisit import duties on chickpeas, lentils to encourage overseas purchases: IPGA

20 May 2021 Evaluate

The Indian Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA) said India faces tight supply-demand situation with respect to chickpeas (chana) and lentils (masoor dal), and the government needs to revisit import duties on these two pulses to encourage overseas purchases in the coming months. Currently, the world's largest consumer of chickpeas and lentils levies 50 per cent tariff on imported lentils and 66 per cent on imported chickpeas. The tariffs have been kept higher to protect the interest of domestic farmers. India imports lentils and chickpeas from Australia and several other countries.

Saurabh Bhartia, IPGA Executive Committee Member said ‘In 2021, all pulses in India are trading above Minimum Support Price (MSP) and government stocks have hit a low. Both show we definitely have issues in our production of pulses in the last Kharif and Rabi seasons’. He also said the share of Australian lentils in India's import has been 10-15 per cent over the last seven-eight years and almost 80-90 per cent of the country's chickpeas' requirements came from Australia till December 2017, according to a statement issued by IPGA.

On lentil situation in India, IPGA's East Zone Convenor Anurag Tulshan said the current supply and demand situation is tight. ‘The government needs to come forward and make some changes with regard to the duty structure, so as to get in more cargo because going forward.’ He said India needs to import at least 5 lakh tonnes of lentils between July and December this year. Currently, India has an inventory of about 3,50,000 - 4,00,000 tonnes of red lentils, which includes around 2,00,000 tonnes of imported red lentils and 1,50,000-2,00,000 tonnes of Indian desi red lentils, he said, adding that this should last for two-and-a-half months after which the country need to import more.

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