SME Times News Bureau | 25 Apr, 2017
Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Monday said
his ministry was in favour of hiking import duty on tur dal from
existing 10 per cent to 25 per cent in the interest of farmers.
After
meeting Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Paswan told
reporters that the hike plan will be discussed and recommended to the
Finance Ministry.
Earlier, Fadnavis had sought further
extension of pulses procurement but it was denied by Paswan saying that
farmers were not taking their produce to markets.
The government has procured about 4 million tonnes of tur in Maharashtra this year.
The deadline of procuring pulses under Kharif season was till April 22.
Fadnavis
also requested the central government to come out with a long-term
strategy to address the supply-demand gap in pulses on lines with wheat
and rice.
