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  • Kharif Crop Sowing Is Up By 1.5 Per Cent At 1104.63 Lakh Hectares | Economy News

    New Delhi: India’s Kharif crop sowing has progressed significantly, with farmers planting crops across 1,104.63 lakh hectares so far, compared to 1,088.26 lakh hectares last year, marking a 1.5 per cent year-on-year increase.

    This surpasses the average area under cultivation (or normal area) for the period from 2018-19 to 2022-23.Commodity-wise, the sowing of paddy, pulses, oilseeds, millets, and sugarcane has increased year-on-year, while sowing for cotton and jute/mesta has been lower.

    Data showed that within the pulse basket, aside from urad bean, crops such as arhar, moong, kulthi, and moth bean have seen positive growth. India is a major consumer and producer of pulses, supplementing its domestic consumption with imports. The primary pulses consumed in India include chana, masur, urad, kabuli chana, and tur.

    The government has been strongly promoting the cultivation of pulses.In the 2023 Kharif season, the total area under cultivation across the country was 1,107.15 lakh hectares. The normal Kharif area between 2018-19 and 2022-23 is 1,096 lakh hectares.India has three cropping seasons: Summer, Kharif, and Rabi.

    Kharif crops, sown during June-July and dependent on monsoon rains, are harvested in October-November. Rabi crops, sown in October-November, are harvested from January, depending on their maturity. Summer crops are produced between the Rabi and Kharif seasons.Traditionally, Indian agriculture, especially the Kharif season, is heavily reliant on monsoon rainfall.

    The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), in its first long-range forecast, predicted that the southwest monsoon (June–September) this year would be above normal. Skymet, a private forecaster, also predicted a normal monsoon.

    IMD recently stated that the rainfall across the country during September 2024 is expected to be above normal, at 109 per cent of the Long Period Average.Above-normal monsoon rains, which have helped farmers sow more crops this Kharif season, bode well for agriculture. and are likely to improve the sector’s gross value added (GVA), according to rating agency ICRA.

  • Now, arhar dal worth surges, retail cartelisation blamed

    Express News Service

    BHUBANESWAR: The June 2 directive of the Central authorities to states to impose inventory restrict on arhar (harada) and black gram (biri) until finish of October however, the frequent leap within the worth of harada dal has hit customers arduous.

    One of the preferred dal in households, arhar was promoting at Rs 130-140 a kg per week again. However, the retail worth of the dal is Rs 155-160 a kg at current. The wholesale worth of the heart beat has elevated by greater than Rs 1,000 per quintal inside per week. Describing the sudden leap within the worth of arhar dal as unprecedented, basic secretary of Odisha Byabasayee Mahasangha Sudhakar Panda stated it’s the end result of hoarding by means of cartelisation of company homes and massive chain retailers.

    “The annual requirement of all kinds of pulses in Odisha is around 9.5 lakh quintal. The state’s production of pulses meets only 20 per cent of the total consumption while 80 per cent is sourced from other states. The state’s traders have a limited role to play as everything depends on the price of the source markets,” Panda stated.

    Admitting unprecedented rise in worth of arhar dal has its impression on different pulses, he stated huge retail chains management the costs of foodgrains within the absence of any regulatory mechanism. “This is a well-planned design by big corporate houses to keep small and retail traders across the country on tenterhooks. A sudden spurt in the price of a commodity followed by a quick fall will kill small and retail traders. They cannot recover the price of a commodity bought at higher cost if the price falls suddenly,” Panda stated.

    The All India Traders Association has submitted a draft proposal to the Centre to deliver a laws to control costs of all edible commodities to avoid wasting customers from worth shock. The matter is pending for greater than six months as the federal government doesn’t need to antagonise huge corporates and importers simply earlier than elections, he added.

    Other well-liked pulses like moong, chana, masoor and matar have a seen a marginal enhance in costs however what’s worrying is the rise in price of rice and wheat and their derivatives, he stated. While vegetable costs have began falling particularly tomato, onion which was promoting at Rs 25-30 just a few days again is now on the market at Rs 35 a kg. The excellent news is that tomato is now obtainable at Rs 50 a kg.

    Pricey pulse

    Price of arhar has gone as much as Rs 155-160 per kg
    Wholesale worth has elevated by over Rs 1,000 per quintal inside per week
    State’s manufacturing of pulses meets solely 20 laptop of the entire consumption

    BHUBANESWAR: The June 2 directive of the Central authorities to states to impose inventory restrict on arhar (harada) and black gram (biri) until finish of October however, the frequent leap within the worth of harada dal has hit customers arduous.

    One of the preferred dal in households, arhar was promoting at Rs 130-140 a kg per week again. However, the retail worth of the dal is Rs 155-160 a kg at current. The wholesale worth of the heart beat has elevated by greater than Rs 1,000 per quintal inside per week. Describing the sudden leap within the worth of arhar dal as unprecedented, basic secretary of Odisha Byabasayee Mahasangha Sudhakar Panda stated it’s the end result of hoarding by means of cartelisation of company homes and massive chain retailers.

    “The annual requirement of all kinds of pulses in Odisha is around 9.5 lakh quintal. The state’s production of pulses meets only 20 per cent of the total consumption while 80 per cent is sourced from other states. The state’s traders have a limited role to play as everything depends on the price of the source markets,” Panda stated.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Admitting unprecedented rise in worth of arhar dal has its impression on different pulses, he stated huge retail chains management the costs of foodgrains within the absence of any regulatory mechanism. “This is a well-planned design by big corporate houses to keep small and retail traders across the country on tenterhooks. A sudden spurt in the price of a commodity followed by a quick fall will kill small and retail traders. They cannot recover the price of a commodity bought at higher cost if the price falls suddenly,” Panda stated.

    The All India Traders Association has submitted a draft proposal to the Centre to deliver a laws to control costs of all edible commodities to avoid wasting customers from worth shock. The matter is pending for greater than six months as the federal government doesn’t need to antagonise huge corporates and importers simply earlier than elections, he added.

    Other well-liked pulses like moong, chana, masoor and matar have a seen a marginal enhance in costs however what’s worrying is the rise in price of rice and wheat and their derivatives, he stated. While vegetable costs have began falling particularly tomato, onion which was promoting at Rs 25-30 just a few days again is now on the market at Rs 35 a kg. The excellent news is that tomato is now obtainable at Rs 50 a kg.

    Pricey pulse

    Price of arhar has gone as much as Rs 155-160 per kg
    Wholesale worth has elevated by over Rs 1,000 per quintal inside per week
    State’s manufacturing of pulses meets solely 20 laptop of the entire consumption

  • Raw deal for Odisha in provide of pulses

    Express News Service

    BHUBANESWAR: Even as retail markets are witnessing a surge in costs of 5 main pulses and the Central authorities has been releasing inventory from its buffer below the worth stabilisation fund (PSF) to average the worth, the surplus inventory is neither accessible to merchants below open market sale nor the state authorities for provide below welfare schemes.

    The National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India (NCCF) and the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) are the 2 Central companies authorised to promote 5 main pulses- chana, arhar (harada), black gram (biri), moong and masur below the worth stabilisation fund.

    “NAFED is least concerned for Odisha despite demands from private traders of the state to make available the buffer stock under open market sale to control prices of pulses especially arhar which is selling at Rs 130- 145 a kg. The silence of the state government is baffling,” mentioned common secretary of Odisha Byabasayee Mahasangha Sudhakar Panda.

    He mentioned related is the perspective of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) which has stopped promoting wheat within the open market at a time when the state is dealing with acute shortage of the foodgrains. As a consequence, costs of atta (flour), suji and maida have gone up by Rs 200 a quintal.

    As the common wholesale worth of arhar is over Rs 13,000 per quintal, the Centre has been releasing complete grain tur in a focused and calibrated method to reinforce the supply of the inventory to states for milling into dal and provide to shoppers. Odisha, nevertheless, has not obtained a grain of any of the 5 dals from the Central inventory.

    Panda mentioned the Central authorities has resorted to market intervention by launching the sale of chana dal in retail packs of 1 kg at Rs 60 and 30 kg pack at Rs 55 per kg via shops of NAFED, NCCF, Kendriya Bhandar and Safal since July 17. Had it been accessible within the state via truthful worth outlets on the subsidised fee, the shoppers right here may have saved at the least Rs 5-7 a kg.

    Under the association, he mentioned, chana dal can also be made accessible to different states for provides below their welfare schemes, police, jails, and likewise for distribution via shops of state authorities managed cooperatives and firms.  

    “The state government has made a provision of Rs 100 crore under price stabilisation fund but there is no plan at the moment to go for market intervention,” mentioned a senior officer of the Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare division.

    Central negligence

     FCI has stopped promoting wheat in open market when the state is dealing with acute shortage of the foodgrain
     Odisha has not obtained a grain of any of the 5 pulses from the Central inventory
     The good thing about Centre’s market intervention has not reached the state

    BHUBANESWAR: Even as retail markets are witnessing a surge in costs of 5 main pulses and the Central authorities has been releasing inventory from its buffer below the worth stabilisation fund (PSF) to average the worth, the surplus inventory is neither accessible to merchants below open market sale nor the state authorities for provide below welfare schemes.

    The National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India (NCCF) and the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) are the 2 Central companies authorised to promote 5 main pulses- chana, arhar (harada), black gram (biri), moong and masur below the worth stabilisation fund.

    “NAFED is least concerned for Odisha despite demands from private traders of the state to make available the buffer stock under open market sale to control prices of pulses especially arhar which is selling at Rs 130- 145 a kg. The silence of the state government is baffling,” mentioned common secretary of Odisha Byabasayee Mahasangha Sudhakar Panda.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    He mentioned related is the perspective of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) which has stopped promoting wheat within the open market at a time when the state is dealing with acute shortage of the foodgrains. As a consequence, costs of atta (flour), suji and maida have gone up by Rs 200 a quintal.

    As the common wholesale worth of arhar is over Rs 13,000 per quintal, the Centre has been releasing complete grain tur in a focused and calibrated method to reinforce the supply of the inventory to states for milling into dal and provide to shoppers. Odisha, nevertheless, has not obtained a grain of any of the 5 dals from the Central inventory.

    Panda mentioned the Central authorities has resorted to market intervention by launching the sale of chana dal in retail packs of 1 kg at Rs 60 and 30 kg pack at Rs 55 per kg via shops of NAFED, NCCF, Kendriya Bhandar and Safal since July 17. Had it been accessible within the state via truthful worth outlets on the subsidised fee, the shoppers right here may have saved at the least Rs 5-7 a kg.

    Under the association, he mentioned, chana dal can also be made accessible to different states for provides below their welfare schemes, police, jails, and likewise for distribution via shops of state authorities managed cooperatives and firms.  

    “The state government has made a provision of Rs 100 crore under price stabilisation fund but there is no plan at the moment to go for market intervention,” mentioned a senior officer of the Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare division.

    Central negligence

     FCI has stopped promoting wheat in open market when the state is dealing with acute shortage of the foodgrain
     Odisha has not obtained a grain of any of the 5 pulses from the Central inventory
     The good thing about Centre’s market intervention has not reached the state

  • Stockholding restrict on pulses relaxed, govt says on foundation of ‘feedback, softening of prices’

    Days after it imposed stockholding limits for pulses, a measure that had seen protests, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Monday relaxed the norms for wholesalers and millers whereas exempting importers altogether. It stated this was being finished in view of “the softening of prices and the feedback received from state governments and various stakeholders”.
    “For wholesalers, the stock limit will be 500 MT (provided no variety is more than 200 MT); for retailers, the stock limit will be 5 MT; and for millers, stock limits will be the last 6 months’ production or 50% of annual installed capacity, whichever is higher,” the Ministry stated in a press release, including that the revised inventory limits shall be relevant to tur, urad, gram and masoor.
    The rest adopted a gathering of Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal with all of the stakeholders, together with importers, millers and so forth, on July 17, the place he took inventory of points linked with imposition of inventory limits on pulses.
    The ministry assertion famous that costs of tur, urad, moong and gram had began displaying a declining development.
    “Wholesale prices of all the pulses (except masoor) have fallen by 3-4 % in the last two months and retail prices over the same period for all the pulses (except masoor) have fallen by 2-4%,” the assertion stated.
    It additionally stated that each one its steps from mid-May, together with the imposition of inventory limits for augmenting provides within the first week of July, “have consistently been aimed at cooling the retail prices of pulses”.
    As per the brand new guidelines, all of the wholesalers, retailers and so forth must declare the shares with them on the internet portal of the Department of Consumer Affairs. “And in case the stocks held by them are higher than the prescribed limits, then they shall bring it to the prescribed stock limits within 30 days of issue of this notification,” the assertion stated.On July 2, the Ministry had issued the Removal of Licensing Requirements, Stock Limits and Movement Restrictions on Specified Foodstuffs (Amendment) Order, 2021, to prescribe inventory limits for all pulses besides moong, till October 31, for all states and Union territories.
    The Indian Express had written how limiting of shares of pulses was completely at variance with the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020, one of many three legal guidelines whose repeal has been sought by farmer organisations however which faces the least protest.