NEW DELHI (Commoditiescontrol) - To ensure that farmers in the country get the minimum support prices of key pulses, the All India Daal Mills Association has requested the government to completely ban the import of key pulses such as chana, tur, urad, moong and lentils for at least a year.
The association said that the import of pulses is adding to the high supplies in the market and pushing prices below the minimum support price.
India has witnessed a bumper output of pulses this year, along with high carryover stocks from the previous one.
The association urged state governments to procure pulses from the new crop to keep prices stable in the markets.
Farmers may move away from sowing pulses next season due to un-remunerative prices, the association added.
"The government has a stock of 1.6 mln tn pulses, which should be exported," it said.
The association said that due to a good monsoon this season, farmers have sown more pulses.
According to data by the farm ministry, the area under chana, moong and lentils in the ongoing rabi (Jul-Jun) season is higher on year.
(By Commoditiescontrol Bureau; +91-22-40015516)