UP govt opens counters to sell subsidized pulses
LUCKNOW: In view of sharp rise in the prices of pulses, 10 counters have been opened in the city by the district administration in association with the Lucknow...
View ArticleSeized pulses to be in market in 2-4 weeks
NEW DELHI: States may have seized around 78,000 tonnes of pulses in raids till Monday, but it is taking time to release this huge quantity in the market to moderate the spiraling prices. This is...
View ArticleSurplus pulses seized in Cuttack
CUTTACK: The district administration on Monday raided two godowns at Jagatpur near here and seized surplus stock of pulses. "The permissible stock limit for a godown...
View ArticleState governments start selling tur dal at Rs 120-145/kg
NEW DELHI: To give relief to common man from skyrocketing prices of pulses, four state governments including Gujarat have started selling tur dal at a lower price of Rs 120-145/kg at retail points....
View ArticleState govts start selling tur dal at Rs 120-145/kg
NEW DELHI: To give relief to common man from skyrocketing prices of pulses, four state governments including Gujarat have started selling tur dal at a lower price of Rs 120-145/kg at retail points....
View ArticleTelangana to curb rising pulse rates
Hyderabad: With pulses crossing Rs 200 per kg in the retail market, the Telangana government has initiated steps to contain price rise. Civil supplies minister Etela Rajender convened a meeting with...
View ArticleOver 80,000 tonnes of seized pulses will be available in open market
The Centre on Tuesday declared that the 82,462.53 tonnes of pulses seized in various States under the Essential Commodities Act would be made available in the open market within this week to augment...
View ArticleTur to be sold in district at Rs130/kg in Nagpur
NAGPUR: Vidarbha Dal Millers' Association has announced it will be facilitating supply of tur dal in open market at Rs130 a kg and chana dal at Rs62 a kg in Nagpur district from Thursday onwards. The...
View ArticleTur to be sold in district at Rs130/kg
Nagpur: Vidarbha Dal Millers' Association has announced it will be facilitating supply of tur dal in open market at Rs130 a kg and chana dal at Rs62 a kg in Nagpur district from Thursday onwards. The...
View ArticleTelangana to sell tur dal at Rs 165 a kg via special counters
Hyderabad: With the price of tur dal crossing Rs 200, the Telangana state government will open 10 special counters in the city in the...
View ArticleHaryana fixes MRP on pulses for retail selling
CHANDIGARH: To check the surging prices of pulses in the state, the Haryana government on Wednesday decided to fix maximum rates of different pulses for retail selling. As per the government decision,...
View ArticleDal at subsidized rates
BHUBANESWAR/Cuttack: Providing relief to the people, the state government on Wednesday started selling pulses at subsidized prices at fair price shops in six cities. Consumers will get one kg of dal...
View ArticleAkhilesh sacks 8 mins before cabinet reshuffle
LUCKNOW: In an unprecedented shake-up in his ministry, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav removed 17 ministers for a major cabinet rejig to be effected on Saturday. While eight ministers have...
View ArticleWill help sugar mills meet export targets: Centre
Meerut: Addressing the major crisis faced by sugar farmers, Union minister of state (MoS) for agriculture Sanjeev Balyan assured 'all possible help' from the Central government to sugar mills in...
View ArticleIn light of potential drought, UP govt stop recovery of loan
LUCKNOW: In light of a potential drought in Uttar Pradesh, the chief secretary on Thursday directed all district magistrates and commissioners to stop, with immediate effect and until further orders,...
View ArticleRice mills in Telangana stare at real crisis
Hyderabad: The Centre’s decision to scrap levy rice system besides increased operational costs has pushed the rice milling industry into a deep crisis. The crisis affected the livelihood of thousands...
View ArticleWhy it is not going to be a sweet deal for sugarcane farmers
For three consecutive crushing seasons — 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 — Jitender Singh Hooda has been receiving an unchanged Rs 280 per quintal rate for his cane supplied to the sugar mill at Shamli in...
View ArticleBitter cane: UP farmers face 4-year no raise prospect
For three consecutive crushing seasons — 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 — Jitender Singh Hooda has been receiving an unchanged Rs 280 per quintal rate for his cane supplied to the sugar mill at Shamli in...
View ArticleGovt. to procure 36 lakh MT of kharif paddy; MSP set at Rs. 1,450 per quintal
The State government on Wednesday announced guidelines for procurement of paddy Kharif 2015-16 specifying the rates of different grades of food grains. In its guidelines issued, the Government has made...
View ArticleGovt forms panel to assess drought in state
LUCKNOW: With concerns rising over the impending agrarian crises in the state, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said that chief secretary Alok Ranjan and agriculture production...
View ArticleOver 4,660 tons seized pulses offloaded in open market: Government
NEW DELHI: Over 4,660 tonnes of pulses out of total 1.33 lakh tonnes seized from hoarders in raids across India have been offloaded in the open market in five states that will help boost availability...
View ArticleMaharashtra govt may exempt pulses importers from stock holding limit
MUMBAI: To ensure smooth supply of imported pulses and check prices, the Maharashtra government is working out a mechanism for exempting importers of pulses from the ambit of stock holding limits. Last...
View ArticleStates sell subsidised pulses to hold price
Following the Centre’s appeal to States to supply tur dal at reasonable rates, several States have begun selling pulses at prices much lower than the market rates, either through government...
View ArticlePrices of pulses coming down, says govt
The government on Friday claimed that prices of arhar dal, that had touched Rs 210 per kg, were on the decline following a massive crackdown on hoarders that netted...
View ArticleToor dal blues hit noon meals
Chennai: With Toor dal prices continuing to remain high, the trickledown effect of the inflated pulse economy is affecting the composition of government programmes like the mid day meal scheme. While...
View ArticleStates start selling tur dal at Rs.120 per kilogramme
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) Four states, including Gujarat, have started selling tur dal at a lower price of Rs.120-Rs.145 per kg at retail centres. Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are distributing one...
View ArticleWant crackers? Ask for toy guns instead
LUCKNOW: Fire crackers are being sold in the city in a clear violation of district administration's order that restricted sale of crackers before November 9 and that too only with proper safety...
View ArticleImported tur dal hits market, over 6,000kg sold on day 1
PUNE: Tur dal price remains high in the local market, despi e the state government's ef orts to rein it in. Traders said tur dal was available between Rs 140 to Rs 200 per kg, way above the...
View ArticleCollector issues notices to stockists hoarding pulses
Kolhapur: The district collector has issued a seven-day notice to respond to people accused in stocking pulses and edible oil over permissible limits. The district supply officer, along with the...
View ArticleGovt to wholesalers, retailers: Sell seized pulses for 90-100 per kg
Mumbai/Delhi: Maharashtra government, which seized 86,000 tonnes of pulses from hoarders over the past three-four weeks, has decided to sell the kitchen staple for Rs 90 to Rs 100 a kg. The seized...
View ArticleWholesale tur is down but retail prices still high
Nagpur: Two weeks after a campaign to sell tur dal at Rs130 a kg was launched, there has not been much respite to the common man. Even as wholesalers are claiming the rates have come down, retailers...
View ArticleAt Rs130/kg millers still making a packet on tur dal
Nagpur: The selling of tur dal at Rs130 a kg through ration shops and other select outlets has indirectly helped the millers earn a better rate as prices have been falling, allege a section of traders...
View ArticleGhulam Ali to miss date with city, cancels all his concerts in India
LUCKNOW: Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali, who was scheduled to perform on December 3 during the annual Lucknow Mahotsav, has cancelled his concert. The singer, who said he was perturbed by the...
View ArticleNeighbourhood stores continue to sell costly tur dal
Nagpur: A day after the district administration's drive to supply tur dal at 130 a kg kicked off, the commodity continued to be quoted at as high as 200 a kg in neighbourhood grocery stores, on Sunday....
View ArticleDiwali noise pollution in Lucknow comes down by nearly 21%
LUCKNOW: Unlike last year, where level of noise pollution in Lucknow during Diwali had touched almost 100 decibels, this year, the average noise pollution level in the city (during the corresponding...
View ArticleThe skewed pulses story
Many years ago, when I was doing my Ph.D. in genetics at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Delhi, I did my research on mung and urad daal, unlike most of my compatriots who did their research...
View ArticleSena ministers seek cut in prices of pulses
MUMBAI/NAVI MUMBAI: Shiv Sena ministers have written a letter to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis demanding reduction in the price of pulses before Diwali. The letter has been written in a follow-up to...
View ArticleOver 4,660 tonnes of pulses seized from hoarders offloaded in open market: Govt
NEW DELHI: Over 4,660 tonnes of pulses out of total 1.33 lakh tonnes seized from hoarders in raids across India have been offloaded in the open market in five states that will help boost availability...
View ArticleOver 4,660 tons seized pulses offloaded in open market: Govt
Over 4,660 tonnes of pulses out of total 1.33 lakh tonnes seized from hoarders in raids across India have been offloaded in the open market in five states that will help boost availability and bring...
View ArticleThe irrationality of stock limits
Whenever the price of any agricultural commodity increases sharply, the standard response is to trace the problem to hoarding. It happened for sugar, tur, urad, soybean earlier, and more recently for...
View ArticleTraders offer to sell pulses at discount for Deepavali
With the District Administration reining in pulses traders by seizing 14,710.34 quintals of pulses in raids in the recent past, traders have offered to sell the essential commodities at discounted...
View ArticleLucknow Mahotsava all set to host Ghulam Ali
LUCKNOW: Barely two days before he would turn 75 (on December 5) and complete platinum jubilee of his life, ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali would be rendering a musical performance in Lucknow Mahotsava (on...
View ArticleTur dal at Rs 135 per kg in Telangana
Hyderabad: Fine variety of tur dal will be available in Telangana state for Rs 135 per kg from Saturday onwards, much lower than the market price Rs 200. However, each household would get only one kg...
View ArticleGhulam Ali sends confirmation of Lucknow concert
LUCKNOW: A day after Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali cancelled all his concerts in India, the maestro, in a written confirmation to the Lucknow administration, said he will go ahead with his...
View ArticlePulses to remain pricey till December
Consumers will have to bear the brunt of rising prices of red gram till December first week when fresh stocks are expected to enter the AP market from Telangana, according to Vijayawada Dal Millers’...
View ArticlePrices of pulses, vegetables upset voters
Araria/Kishanganj: Soaring prices of daal and vegetables dominate the thought of voters in Seemanchal as they prepare to vote in the last phase of polls on November 5. Arahar daal is sold at above Rs...
View ArticleAdmin opens 2 more fair price shops to sell arhar dal
BAREILLY: In a bid to provide expensive arhar dal to consumers at a price lower than the market rate, the local administration in association with the district food and civil supplies office opened two...
View ArticleSkyrocketing prices of pulses force sweet makers to look for alternatives
PUNE/NEW DELHI: With prices of pulses having increased sharply in less than a year, it's not only household kitchen budgets that have been disrupted. As Diwali approaches, manufacturers of savouries...
View ArticleIn light of potential drought, UP govt directs DMs, Commissioners to stop...
LUCKNOW: In light of a potential drought in Uttar Pradesh, the chief secretary on Thursday directed all district magistrates and commissioners to stop, with immediate effect and until further orders,...
View ArticleDal prices unlikely to drop before Diwali
Mumbai: Despite the government's claims, the price of pulses is unlikely to drop before Diwali, dampening the festive spirit. The government had announced it will be releasing seized pulses to traders...
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