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‘Govt sabotaging atmanirbhar plan’ -- farmers criticise masoor duty cut as global prices rise -Samyak Pandey

-ThePrint.in

Modi govt reduced the import duty on masoor to less than half on 2 June. Farmers and traders allege move is to aid influential trading groups.

New Delhi: Farmers and traders are disappointed with the Narendra Modi government over its decision to cut the import duty on lentils (masoor dal) to less than half even as the international prices have spiked by over 12 per cent.

The agricultural stakeholders criticised the move over fears that the lowering of duty on masoor, which is a rabi crop with the harvest season currently ongoing, will hurt farmers amid the Covid-19 crisis as it will bring down the market price of the pulse from its minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 4,800 per quintal.

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