Centre allows pulses import despite overflowing godowns
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Centre allows pulses import despite overflowing godowns

News:

  1. The government allows pulses import despite surplus stocks.

Important facts:

  1. The centre has allocated quotas for import of pulses and enforcing additional imports agreements with Mozambique.
  2. The allocations of quotas were made at the Directorate-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) meeting.
  3. Agriculture Commissioner predicts domestic pulses production of 24 million tonnes in 2018-19 because of good monsoon.
  4. good production leads to fall in prices of pulses
  5. Allocation of quotas:
  • For Tur or arhar Dal: 2 lakh tonnes
  • Moong and Urrad: 1.5 lakh tonnes

7.Reasons given by the government  behind this decision:

  • Balancing the needs of Indian consumers
  • Fulfilling the Commitments to foreign trade partners
  • However, the farmer’s groups are not happy with the government’s decision and agitating about falling crop prices.
  1. Agreements signed
  • In 2016, India signed an MoU to double pulses imports from the East African nations.
  • This obligates India to buy 1.5 lakh tonnes from Mozambique this year.
  • The government has also explored the possibility of similar agreement with Kenya.

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