The Central Government on Monday blamed States for continued increase in prices of pulses, while Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan assured that there will be a drop in costs in next 2-3 months.
As part of a major decision to bring ease to the consumers, a ministerial team headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday decided to set up a high-level committee to consider a "reasonable increase" in minimum support price (MSP) for pulses and bonus for farmers, in a bid to encourage them to opt for enhanced cultivation of pulses.
The panel headed by Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian has been given two weeks time to submit its report.