Pulses prices touch Rs 200 per kg mark

Pulses prices in the country are on an upswing. Retail prices of Tur dal touched Rs 200 per kg today. Urad at Rs 190 per kg is expected to follow the trend soon.

Zee Media Burreau

New Delhi: Dal prices in the country are showing no sign of cooling down. Retail prices of Tur dal have touched Rs 200 per kg in the retail market due to shortage of supply. It was selling at Rs 85 per kg around the same time last year.

Similarly, urad dal, selling at around Rs 190 per kg is likely to follow the same trend. Urad was selling at Rs 100 per kg in the retail market a year-ago.

To prevent hoarding of pulses and check price rise, the Centre, on Sunday imposed stock limits on pulses held by licenced food processors, importers, exporters as well as large departmental retailers such as Big Bazaar.

It has also directed state governments to intensify anti-hoarding operations and keep a check on black-marketing and profiteering by traders.

To provide relief to consumers in the NCR, Kendriya Bhandar and Mother Dairy's Safal outlets had started selling imported tur dal at its 100.

The government on also said on Friday that it will buy 40,000 tonnes of pulses from farmers to create a buffer stock for controlling prices.