Centre to give Rs 10/kg subsidy to states on tur dalHome

A senior government official told that to support the impact of price rise, the centre will provide states a subsidy of Rs 10 per kg on imported tur dal (pigeon peas).

Tur dal is being imported at Rs 77 per kg and the Centre will make it available to states at Rs 67 a kg, giving a subsidy of Rs 10 per kg.

Avinash Srivastava, Additional Secretary the Department of Agriculture, said "The imported tur dal will start reaching India from September 1 and the total 5,000 tonnes of the pigeon peas will arrive by September 15".

"The imported tur dal will start reaching India from September 1 and the total 5,000 tonnes of the pigeon peas will arrive by September 15," Avinash Srivastava, Additional Secretary, the Department of Agriculture, said.

The Centre is also planning to import 5,000 tonnes of urad dal at Rs 86 per kg from the first week of October, Srivastava added.

He also informed that the Centre is spending about Rs 81 crore from the Price Stabilisation Fund on import of both these pulses.

Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/