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Nearly 75,000 Tonnes of Pulses Seized After 6,000 Raids in 13 States

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Nearly 75,000 Tonnes of Pulses Seized After 6,000 Raids in 13 States

October 25, 2015


NEW DELHI: Nearly 75,000 metric tonnes of pulses have been seized from hoarders in raids across 13 states, as the government tries to stave off intense political pressure with prices surging over [FONT=RupeeForadianRegular !important]Rs.[/FONT] 200 a kg.

The Centre has also asked the states to hold discussions with dal millers, whole-sellers and retailers to make pulses available at reasonable prices.

"De-hoarding operations across the states continued. These have resulted in seizure of 74,846.359 tonnes pulses so far. Total 6,077 raids have been conducted by the states after the amendment in the Central Order under Essential Commodities Act," the government said in a statement.


As a result of the de-hoarding drive, the states have reported declining trends in the prices of pulses, it added.

The most amount of pulses have been recovered from Maharashtra at over 46,000 tonnes, followed by Karnataka at nearly 9,000 tonnes and Bihar at around 5,000 tonnes.

Dal prices have risen across the country due to a shortfall in domestic output by 2 million tonnes in 2014-15 crop year because of deficient rains and a shortage in global markets.

As per the Consumer Affairs Ministry's data, retail prices of pulses touched as high as [FONT=RupeeForadianRegular !important]Rs.[/FONT] 210 per kg yesterday. Urad was selling at [FONT=RupeeForadianRegular !important]Rs.[/FONT] 190 per kg, moong dal at [FONT=RupeeForadianRegular !important]Rs.[/FONT] 130 per kg, masoor dal at[FONT=RupeeForadianRegular !important]Rs.[/FONT] 110 per kg and gram at [FONT=RupeeForadianRegular !important]Rs.[/FONT] 85 per kg.

To check rising prices, the Centre has taken several steps like creating a buffer stock of 40,000 tonnes and sale of imported pulses at cheaper rates. It has brought importers, exporters, departmental stores and licenced food processors under the stock holding limit to check hoarding.

To assess the availability and prices of pulses, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley yesterday held two rounds of meetings, first with importers and later with officials of ministries concerned. The Cabinet Secretary also reviewed the situation.


http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/75-000-tonnes-of-pulses-seized-after-6-000-raids-in-13-states-1236001
 
Tip of the iceberg. 10 times more are hidden. India is the biggest producer of dals as well as their consumers. No news about the culprits and the punishment to them as per law. Maharashtra tops the list and who are hoarders. Will the list come out? How much black money generated out of the hoardings? India will be happy to know.
 
Iyyarooraan said:
Tip of the iceberg. 10 times more are hidden. India is the biggest producer of dals as well as their consumers. No news about the culprits and the punishment to them as per law. Maharashtra tops the list and who are hoarders. Will the list come out? How much black money generated out of the hoardings? India will be happy to know.
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Shri Iyya,

You are right on spot. But you see the Bihar elections, election rallies, then UP elections and the past balance from the Lok Sabha elections are all there to be cleared up. So, next may be potato, rice, wheat, sugar, mustard oil, etc., standing in line. All these will generate money for the election expenses and so we will never come to know who are the hoarders and what punishment, if any, was given. That is Modi's Ram Rajya for us!
 
All these will generate money for the election expenses and so we will never come to know who are the hoarders and what punishment, if any, was given.
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True . It is surprising that only now Government is catching the Hoarders and seizing tons and tons of pulses . These sort of huge Hoarding cant be done in the backyards of one's house and needs special storage places which are well known to the authorities . A section of traders in collusion with the politicians and authorities have made a huge profit in artifically inflating the price of Thuvar Dal and other Dals . No doubt the prices will come down within the next few weeks but by the time these traders would have profitted a lot ( and the booty shared with the colluders ) and every state Government will take credit for acting on hoarders and bringing the price down .
 
Traders often come to road on some silly issues. But did not have a straight forward approach to the general public.

They know when to hoard and trade.

To day, Traders are very much an organised sector. They know how to do politics and make money.
 
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