There is no hope of relief for the common people suffering from the high prices of corona and mustard oil. Due to the decline in pulses production in the country, the price of pulses is likely to increase. According to the Indian Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA), pulses production may decline this year. Due to corona, farmers have insisted on sowing pulse crops this year. Because of this, the country will face a shortage of lentils, grams and other pulses this year. There may be a shortfall of about one million tons in the production of Tur this year.
The picture is also clear in the ministry’s estimate
According to a third advance estimate from the Ministry of Agriculture’s website, turr production is expected to fall by about 7 lakh tonnes per year for the 2020-21 crop year, and Urad’s production by 5.20 lakh tonnes. With this, the total output of the Kharif is expected to fall to 2.12 million tonnes. This means that pulses production in the country will be reduced. Commodity experts say this will further increase the inflation of pulses. If the timely action is not taken, the price of pulses may rise in the coming months.
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Advice to increase supply to the government
Speaking to IPGA Vice President Bimal Ghomari, we instructed the government to increase supply. For the past few years, he said, there has been no policy in keeping the pulses long. The association has urged the government to free the import of pulses, but on condition that the minimum landing price of imported pulses be above the minimum support price (MSP).
Additional use of the product in the country
According to the IPGA, pulses production in the country has risen to 23 million tonnes by the middle of the financial year 2015-16. However, demand is 25-26 million tonnes. To meet this shortfall, about 2.5 million tonnes of pulses are imported each year. Our demand is increasing by 10 lakh tonnes every year. It is not good to rely solely on imports to meet this shortfall. There is a need to increase pulses production in the country but this is not happening.
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Big difference between wholesale and retail prices
According to the IPGA, the difference between the retail price of pulses and the wholesale / former mill prices is an average of Rs 50 per kg. Currently, the average wholesale price of Tur dal is Rs 95 per kg. If that is the case, Urad dal will cost Rs 110 per kg. And Moong Dal at Rs 92 per kg. At the same time, in terms of retail price, consumers are paying Rs 130 per kg for Tur Dal, Rs 160 per kg for Urad Dal and Rs 115 per Moong Dal.