Pulses

Nutrition is essential for mothers with low milk supply and for feeding their newborns. While not all foods directly increase lactation, they can support overall health, hormone balance, and strength during the postpartum period.

Respite from food inflation in 4 months likely; agri will grow at 5% in FY25: Ramesh Chand of NITI Aayog

Food Inflation continues to be a worry but is expected to ease in March-April with the arrival of new crop, says Ramesh Chand of Niti Aayog. He adds that while Urad dal production fall to a 10-year low in FY 25 is a concern, production of other pulses will be better.

Pulses import jumps 90% in 2023-24 to 47.38 lakh tonnes to meet domestic demand: Govt

During 2022-23, imports of pulses stood at 24.96 lakh tonnes, while exports were 7.62 lakh tonnes.

Spatial spread of monsoon needs to correct for food inflation to cool, say economists

Rajasthan pulses sowing down 4 percent from normal, rice sowing lowest in UP compared with normal, according to agriculture ministry data

Pledge to make India world's food basket, 100 high-yielding seeds coming soon: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) will soon be launching high-yielding seeds, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said.

Urad prices begin to soften, rainfall boosts sowing area under Kharif

The area sown for Urad has increased significantly this year as it touched 5.37 hectares compared to 3.67 lakh hectares in the year-ago period

Centre asks states to monitor imported yellow peas, other pulses stock; ensure market availability

Apart from the five major pulses -- tur, urad, chana, masur and moong, the state governments have been directed to monitor the stock position of imported yellow peas, she said.

Union Budget 2024: Expectations from Agriculture sector | Commodities Corner

The Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will make the interim budget announcement on February 1. What are the expectations of the pulses sector from the budget? Some are, increased allocation of ₹1000 crore funds for subsidies for cold storage infrastructure development. To know more about the budget expectations from the pulses sector watch this edition of Commodites Corner with Manisha Gupta and Deepak Pareek, Founder, HNYB tech incubation.

Cornfield to oil well: Amit Shah says govt to link corn farmers to ethanol factories

The home minister also said the country will not import any pulses starting from January 2028, as it continues to make progress on becoming self-reliant

Govt looking to procure tur, may sell it at Bharat Chana Dal rates

Bharat Dal is a major initiative taken by the Union government towards making pulses available to consumers at affordable prices by converting chana stock under the government into chana dal

Government hopes to reduce tur prices to Rs 130/kg by February

Improved availability of tur dal and a seasonal decline in demand are expected to lower prices.

Food inflation may remain sticky at 7-9% on higher MSP, poll promise rollouts, says economist Ashok Gulati

Gulati termed measures such as placing export bans on key staples to keep a lid on prices outdated and flagged the need to deploy a new mix of policy steps to tame food inflation.

Low rainfall impact: Pulse sowing continues to lag, with a drop of 8.5% YoY

The delayed sowing of arhar, urad, and moong are responsible for the reduction in the area under pulse cultivation

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Sowing of pulses continues to lag, but not to worry, says govt

The government says that the sowing is temporarily affected by the delayed monsoon, and feels it will catch up next month

Pulses sowing continues to lag as most regions face deficient rains

While the sown area for rice has increased by almost 5 percent, the sown area for pulse continues to lag with a decline of 8 percent

Rice sown area widens 2.69% days after ban on exports amid erratic rainfall

The sown area for rice had remained low by 6.1 percent till July 17.

Persistent inflation in cereals and pulses ahead, says D K Joshi of Crisil

The government has taken several steps including imposing stock limits on pulses and removing the procurement ceiling for market stabilisation.

Tur prices on the boil despite government intervention

The price of tur dal has increased by more than 32% YoY, and a sharp 7% within a month, according to Department of Consumer Affairs data. The continuing price rise comes at a time when delayed monsoon has led to a decline in the sowing of pulses for the next season.

Area under paddy down 35% so far this kharif season; pulses, coarse cereals acreage up

The rice acreage stood at 16.46 lakh hectares in the corresponding period of last year, according to agriculture ministry data.

Centre orders states to take strict action against those violating stock limits order of Tur, Urad

Stock limits for each of the pulses individually are 200 MT for wholesalers, 5 MT for retailers, 5 MT at each retail outlet, and 200 MT at depot for big chain retailers

Govt removes 40% procurement celling to boost production of pulses

The assured procurement of these pulses by the government at remunerative prices will help motivate the farmers to enhance the sowing area in respect of tur, urad and masur in the upcoming Kharif and Rabi sowing seasons,

Not a Dal moment: With prices of pulses soaring, what protein alternatives to consume

Protein powerhouses and an integral part of the Indian diet, dals have been the most cost-effective, pocket-friendly source of protein. But with dals becoming expensive what are the other affordable alternatives?

India inflation likely hit five month high in September on food prices

Fueled by erratic rainfall and supply shocks from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, prices of daily consumables like cereals and vegetables which form the largest category in the inflation basket have climbed over the past two years.

Kharif paddy sowing down 12.39% so far: Govt data

Paddy is the main kharif crop, sowing of which begins with the onset of southwest monsoon from June. About 80 per cent of the country's total production comes from this season.