Pulses: Removed almost a decade-old ban on the export of Pulses
September 16, 2017 at 6:19 AM ,
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Govt lifts ban on export of pulses:
The government has given green signal to export of Tur (pigeon), Urad (mapte) and moong dal (Green Moong Dal). On Friday late evening, the government approved the export of these pulses. On Friday, the government approves these pulses and said that the government is giving clearance to export of Tur, Urad and Moong so that farmers get proper prices for their crops. The export of pulses will be done under the rules of APEDA. So far, the country was exported only to A grian pulses and Kabuli gram. There was a ban on export of any other pulse from the country. DGFT i.e. Director General of Foreign Trade said that export of Tur, Urad and Moong dal is opened with immediate effect. The government has given its green signal and has stepped forward to double the income of the farmers. It is believed that this will also lead farmers towards cultivation of pulses.
However, on Friday only the farmers' trend in the latest data came down to pulses and sowing area has decreased compared to last year, due to which the target of production of 22 million tonne last year is still visible. The country was still completely dependent on imports to meet the demand of pulses. It has been clarified in the notification that pulses can be exported through Bangladesh and Nepal, but for this, the DGFT rules have to be followed.
New Delhi: The government said today that it has removed almost a decade-old ban on the export of tur, urad and moong dal to improve domestic prices. Due to heavy production, the prices of pulses have fallen sharply. However, these varieties of pulses can be exported only after the permission from the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA). This institution is an agricultural promotion export promotion body.
At present, only the limited amount of organic pulses and chickpea gram is allowed to be exported. The notification issued on the late evening of Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), DGFT, has said that it has stopped the ban on export of tur, urad and moong dal till the next order. It says that the ban on these varieties of pulse is removed with immediate effect.
DGFT said, opening of export of pulses will help farmers get beneficial value and they will be encouraged to increase the area of sowing in the coming seasons. In Delhi, the price of Tur Dal is US$1140 per mt. rupees, which was US$1350 per mt. a year ago.
Country's pulse production crop year 2016-17: July to June: Record level of 2.24 million tonnes was produced, which was 1.064 million tonnes in the previous year. The increase in poultry production was due to the incentives of the government.
Due to this notifications and news local market for all pulses will go up by another US$100 to 150 per mt.
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