Farmers irked as prices of pulses fall below MSP ahead of rabi harvesting

Dabba trading, smuggling of peas contribute to price fall ahead of rabi harvesting

With rabi harvesting a few weeks away, prices of pulses in select mandis have slipped to trade below their minimum support price (MSP) — the threshold at which the government procures the kitchen staple.
 
While chana (Bengal gram) in Gadag (Karnataka) is selling at Rs 4,122 a quintal — 11 per cent below its MSP of Rs 4,620 a quintal — prices of moong (green gram) in Nasrullaganj (Madhya Pradesh) slipped to Rs 5,201 a quintal — a staggering 26 per cent below its MSP of Rs 7,050 a quintal. 
 
Similarly, tur (red gram), masur (lentil), and black