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The Union ministry of commerce has changed three pulses from restricted to open category. These three pulses are; tur, moong and urad.
- With this decision, the government has allowed free import of tur, urad and moong after a gap of three years.
- Traders and importers have welcomed the move, however millers and farmers are surprised by the decision as it may suppress the prices.
- India is the largest producer and consumer of pulses.
- In the last five-six years, India has increased pulses production from 140 lakh tonnes to more than 240 lakh tonnes. In the year 2019-20, India produced 23.15 million tonnes of pulses, which is 23.62 per cent of the world.
- The total consumption of various pulses and pulse products in India was about 21-22 million tonnes in 2019-20.
