Chickpea
Centre planning to procure 1 million tonne of chana dal at market price
Due to insufficient rainfall and an extended dry period last year, chana prices shot up in anticipation of lower production this year
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ICAR-IARI develop drought-tolerant, high-yielding chickpea 'Pusa JG 16'
The government's research organisations ICAR and IARI have developed drought tolerant variety of chickpea 'Pusa JG 16' that has potential to boost yield of chickpea in central India. Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), in collaboration with Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (JNKVV) Jabalpur, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior and ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad have developed drought hardy and higher yielding chickpea variety 'Pusa JG 16', according to a statement. The variety will enhance productivity in the drought prone areas of Central Zone consisting of Madhya Pradesh, Bundelkhand area of Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Southern Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Gujarat, where terminal drought is a major problem and sometimes leads to 50-100 per cent loss of yield. "Pusa JG 16 variety was developed by using genomic assisted breeding techniques that allowed precision transfer of drought tolerant genes
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Sharp increase in tariff on palm oil, chickpea
For desi chana (black chickpea), the duty of 40 per cent has been raised to 60 per cent
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Gujarat impact? Govt raises import duty on two varieties of pulses by 30%
The central government raised the import duty on two varieties of pulses, chana (chickpea) and masoor (red gram) to 30 per cent. And, hiked the Minimum Support Price for toria, a variety of oilseed grown largely in Rajasthan, by around 9.5 per cent to Rs 3,900 a quintal.It also indicated it might further increase the import duty on wheat; this was raised to 20 per cent only last month, after private traders imported about a million tonnes of wheat since April at 10 per cent duty. These moves come in the wake of the election in Gujarat, where the ruling party was returned to power with a smaller majority, due to a problem with rural voters. The latter and critics said the displeasure was due to distress in the farm sector and sharp falls in prices of produce. "Production of chana and masoor are expected to be high during the coming rabi season and cheap import, if allowed unabated, are likely to adversely affect the interest of farmers," was the official explanation for Thursday's ...
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