Pulses: Prices will not be lower in wholesale markets this year
September 11, 2017 at 7:31 AM ,
Rainbow Exports
Pulses prices will not be lower in wholesale markets this year:
For three consecutive years, the wholesale market of pulses has been going on firmly. Given the enlarged area of pulses this year, the central government has also increased the minimum support price of pulses from US$722 per mt. last year to US$790 per mt. With this effort of the government, the bulk of pulses market is expected to remain green this year too. Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the National Food Security Mission (NFSM), the Government aims to produce 23 million tonnes of pulses in the year 2017-18 and 24 million tonnes of pulses by 2020-21. In order to make farmers aware of domestic pulse crop cultivation and to provide improved seeds at cheap rates, 150 pulses seed hubs are being opened across the country.
In Uttar Pradesh, in the last three years, the pulse market is in good condition, pulses prices have increased sharply in wholesale markets in UP. In the last three years, the wholesale market of pulses has increased by US$300 to 400 per mt. This year, the prices of pulses can be increased further. "
According to the State Agricultural Production Board, Uttar Pradesh, the annual average wholesale market price of TUR (Pigeon Peas) Dal was US$ 700 per mt. in 2014-15, according to the annual average wholesale market price of Kharif agricultural commodities of state level, which is the year 2016-17, 1133 per mt. has gone up. The same increase was seen in URAD, lentil and gram pulses.
According to sources, for the last two years, the country's pulses market was full of foreign pulses. In this year the government has stopped imports of pulses. Therefore, this time foreign pulses will not be seen in national markets. This will increase the demand for domestic pulses in bulk markets. "
On the 89th anniversary of the establishment of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in July, while talking about making the country self-reliant in the supply & Production of pulses, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh had said that the Central Government has introduced soil health card, agro-forestry, integrated Various schemes have been launched in the field of agriculture and irrigation, which will help the country to achieve self-reliance in the production of crop. And replace the foreign pulses in domestic markets.
View related articles
