Retail prices of pulses are showing a declining trend after the government’s interventions, Union Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said on Monday.
The recent imposition of stock limits on wholesalers, retailers, millers and importers of pulses will further have a cooling effect on retail prices, he added. “Barring masoor dal, prices of all other pulses have declined continuously in the last 4-5 weeks both in retail and wholesale markets,” Pandey said in a virtual press briefing.
Traditionally, masoor is grown less here and imported. The import of masoor has increased and the government hopes there will be a cooling effect on masoor prices also, he said.
For instance in Delhi, retail prices of pulses have declined up to `7/kg in one month.
At present, retail prices of gram are ruling at `73/kg in the national capital, masoor dal at `87/kg, moong at `100/kg, tur dal at `110/kg and urad at `114/kg in the said period, as per the Government data. Highlighting steps taken by the central Government to check prices