Rising prices of dal: How to deal with it? The 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly declared 2016 as the International Year of Pulses. In India, however, ordinary citizens are under enormous duress due to the skyrocketing prices of dal/ lentils since the last one year. The website of Price Monitoring Cell of the Department of Consumer Affairs shows that dal prices varied across places. For example, the...
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Modi commends farmers for planting record pulses this kharif -Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-Business Standard Pulses acreage in the current Kharif season is almost 40 per cent more than last year and is even more than the average area covered in last five years The stupendous increase in sowing of pulses during the ongoing kharif season didn't escape Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s eye. During his Independence Day speech, the PM commended farmers for raising the area under pulses this season to almost 1.5 times more...
More »Are retailers to be blamed for the spike in pulse prices? -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com The difference between wholesale and retail prices was as high as 52% for a variety of pulses, shows an analysis of available data New Delhi: High prices of pulse varieties have been a constant point of worry for consumers and governments over the past year. While consecutive years of deficit rain cut supplies, leading to higher imports and a spike in prices, what went unnoticed is the divergence between retail...
More »Madhya Pradesh aims to reduce shortfall of pulses in India by half, increases cultivated area -Rahul Noronha
-India Today Statistics from the state agriculture department point to an almost 55 per cent increase in sown area of pulses, up from 15 lakh hectares last year to almost 23 lakh hectares during the ongoing kharif season this year. Will Madhya Pradesh be able to provide the much needed relief to consumers in prices of pulses? Perhaps, as the state expects the area under cultivation of pulses to go up by...
More »Farmers plant more area under pulses, move away from Bt cotton -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com The agriculture ministry says an area of 12.1 million hectares has been planted with pulses, over 11% more than the five-year average sown under the crop New Delhi: Buoyed by good rains and higher prices, farmers across India have planted a record area under different varieties of pulses, shows data released by the agriculture ministry on Friday. So far, an area of 12.1 million hectares has been planted with pulses, over...
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