Zee Media Bureau
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday said it plans to import pulses in huge quantity to deal with rising prices.
Retail prices of pulses have risen by up to 65 percent in the last one year across the country.
In the national capital, retail prices of tur, urad and moong have already crossed Rs 100/kg mark now, as against Rs 72-97/kg in a year-ago.
The country's pulses production fell by 2 million tonnes in 2014-15 crop year (July-June), while imports rose to 4.5 million tonnes in the last fiscal from 3.4 million tonnes in the previous year.
India produces 18-19 million tonnes of pulses annually but has to import 3-4 million tonnes to meet the domestic demand. Imports in the last two years were mainly via the private trade.
With PTI Inputs
