India s diplomatic dispute with Canada is unlikely to affect its lentil imports as the country has diversified its sources and is no longer heavily reliant on one country. India has already imported a significant amount of lentils from Canada, and with the recent exemption of lentils from the US, there are no expected supply issues.
The move has come at a time when National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) and National Cooperative Consumers Federation of India Limited (NCCF) had to suspend their tenders to purchase imported lentils due to exorbitantly high bids received from few suppliers indicating at cartelization.
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