India Business News: NEW DELHI: The country’s apex pulses and grains traders’ organisation, IGPA, has suggested the government fix the maximum retail price for pulses to p.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 24 (ANI/Hunk Golden and Media): India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA), the nodal body for India s pulses trade and industry, have recently donated one ventilator to the Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care (SRLC) Hospital in Dharampur, Valsad District, Gujarat, in continuation of their CSR efforts to provide support and relief in rural India during the Covid-19 pandemic. IPGA has been working to strengthen the hands of the frontline workers by donating a ventilator to treat COVID patients especially the disadvantaged tribal people of South Gujarat under the Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care program. This is an initiative for and beyond COVID to serve the people in rural areas for years to come.
IPGA, Pulse Australia and Austrade Co-Host Chickpeas and Lentils Webinar - an IPGA Knowledge Series Initiative
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 4:45PM IST (11:15AM GMT)
IPGA Managing Committee Mumbai, Maharashtra, India:
The webinar featured a focused discussion on Chickpeas and Lentils including key factors like production, demand-supply scenario, etc. in India and Australia.
The webinar was organized as a part of the Australian Government’s Australia India Business Exchange (AIBX) program.
The panel comprised of two domain experts each from India and Australia.
Panelists expressed hope that the Indian Government would revisit the Duty Structure on both pulses keeping in mind lower production and higher demand scenario prevailing in India.
NEW DELHI: The government on Saturday opened up the import of tur (arhar), moong and urad pulses with the commerce ministry amending the import policy of this key kitchen item by moving these three pulses from “restricted” to “open” category. The move is aimed at increasing availability of pulses and to tide over the price rise.
On Friday, the consumer affairs ministry had urged the state governments to direct the stockholders of pulses such as millers, traders and importers to declare their stock and the state agencies could verify the stocks under the Essential Commodities Act. It had flagged that there is a “sudden spurt” in prices of pulses and it may be due to “hoarding of the item by stockholders.