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Procurement of Rabi pulses reaches 64,000 MT
New Delhi, Jun 14 (IBNS): Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution announced on Tuesday that procurement of Rabi pulses has reached to 64,000 MT as on June 13, 2016 and together with earlier procurement of 51,000 MT of Kharif, total domestic procurement of pulses by government agencies has reached to 1, 15,000 MT.
The ministry said that the Union government has also ordered further import of 12,500 MT pulses for buffer stocks which include 10,000 MT Masur and 2,500 MT Urad. So far 14,321 MT pulses have already imported by the government agencies against the total contracted quantity of 38,500 MT.
Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, Hem Pande, made the announcement at an inter-ministerial review meeting, which reviewed the prices of essential commodities and discussed measures to ensure availability these commodities at reasonable prices.
On Tuesday, it was also revealed that the annual consumer price inflation in India rose to an almost two-year high of 5.76 per cent in May largely due to surging prices of food products, such as pulses and sugar, media reported.
Hem Pande reviewed lifting and distribution of the pulses allocated from the buffer stock. Only Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Safal and Kendriya Bhandar in Delhi, have lifted allocated pulses.
He said, lifting and requests for allocation is still awaited from other states.
Pande directed NCCF to start distribution of Tur and Urad through mobile vans in Delhi at Rs. 120/kg. He expressed hope such steps will also be taken up by other states to make pulses available at reasonable prices.
The meeting also discussed lowering of import duty on wheat. The representative of FCI informed that it has sufficient stocks of wheat to cater to requirements of PDS and buffer norms besides open markets sale operations.
The meeting also reviewed the enforcement measures being taken by the states to check hoarding of essential commodities and suggested that these should be further strengthened.
The meeting was attended by senior officials of Department of Food, Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Economic Affairs, Department of Revenue, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, MMTC and NAFED.
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