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Centre moves to rein in spiralling price of pulses
New Delhi: With the prices of pulses spiralling to Rs.190 per kg, the government on Thursday initiated various measures including imports and invoking the price stabilisation fund to create a buffer stock for reigning in runaway inflation in the commodity.
Following an inter-ministerial group (IMG) meeting chaired by him on Wednesday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the government has decided to create a buffer stock of lentils mainly through imports.
“Keeping in mind that some amount of stock is available with JNPT (Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Mumbai), the group decided that we build up a buffer stock preferably by imports to take care of the problem in future,” Jaitley told reporters after the IMG meeting.
“More quantity for the next few days will also be imported into the country so that the supply side problem can be taken care of, that will have an impact on prices,” he added.
Jaitley also said the government has decided to take recourse to the Rs.500 crore Price Stabilisation Fund to pay for transportation and processing of imported pulses, that would help increase supplies and make pulses available at lower prices.
“We have also decided to invoke our Price Stabilisation Fund and therefore the handling charges at the port, transportation charges, and milling and processing charges would be taken care of in order to make the price of the pulses more affordable,” he said.
In an attempt to improve availability and check rising prices of pulses in the national capital, the Kendriya Bhandar will start selling imported ‘tur dal’ at its 100 locations from Thursday.
The sale of the commodity at Mother Dairy’s 300 Safal outlets would begin from this weekend.
State-owned MMTC has floated a fresh tender for import of 2,000 tonnes of ‘tur dal’, to be delivered by next month, to further improve the supply of pulses in the country.
These decisions were made at a meeting of an inter-ministerial committee, headed by consumer affairs secretary C. Vishwanath, held here on Monday.
“Regarding ‘tur dal’, Kendriya Bhandar informed that all arrangements have been made to make imported ‘dal’ available in its outlets in Delhi from October 15. Safal will also sell the ‘dal’ through its outlets by this weekend,” the food ministry said in a statement.
“It (the bid) will open on October 16, 2015. The successful bidder will have to ensure delivery of ‘tur’ at Indian ports by November 2015,” it added.
According to the statement, MMTC has contracted to import 5,000 tonnes of ‘tur dal’, out of which 3,250 tonnes have landed at Chennai and Mumbai ports. The remaining stock will arrive soon. The public sector firm has separately contracted to import 5,000 tonnes of ‘urad’.
“During 2013-14, pulses worth $1.9 billion were imported. In the following year, the import bill on account of pulses was $2.6 billion showing an increase of 36.8 percent on year-over-year basis.
In the April-June period of the current fiscal, the country has already imported pulses worth $0.66 billion,” said a study on pulses by industry body Assocham in September.
Meanwhile, India’s retail inflation, based on the consumer price index (CPI) for September, increased to 4.41 percent, from 3.74 percent recorded for the previous month, on the back of higher food prices, data showed on Monday.
Contributing most to food inflation in September were pulses, which were costlier by nearly 30 percent.
Lucknow: Vishal Singh, a renowned social worker from Lucknow, also known as Foodman, has once again made India proud. He was honored by the Happy Hands Gloves Cooperative Limited Company in Korathai, Thailand, for his work with the Hunger Free World Mission.
The Hunger Free World Mission’s meeting was held in Korathai, Thailand, under Vishal Singh’s leadership. Representatives from several countries, including Mr. Raja Dwivedi (Managing Director of Happy Hands Gloves Limited), Thailand Coordinator Mr. Raja Mishra, and member Mr. Varun Singh, attended the event.
Under Vishal Singh’s leadership, the attendees took a pledge to work together toward creating a hunger-free world.
Speaking on the occasion, Vishal Singh explained that the main goal of the Hunger Free World Mission is social participation. He said the mission is not just about feeding people but also about meeting other basic needs of those who are struggling. The mission focuses on helping families of terminally ill patients in hospitals by providing food and shelter. It also works to fulfill essential needs like education, jobs, and care for the elderly.
For the last 16 years, the Vijay Sri Foundation has been providing free services, benefiting thousands of people. Vishal Singh highlighted that the mission aims to gain global recognition like other organizations such as WHO, WWF, and Red Cross, which work for social causes.
During this meeting, Vishal Singh was appointed as the Chairman of the Hunger Free World Mission by representatives from various countries. They also discussed holding regular meetings in different countries to push the mission forward.
Business tycoon Dr. Abhishek Verma has also supported this humanitarian mission, vowing to promote the idea of “Seva Parmo Dharma” (Service is the highest duty) worldwide. Vishal Singh praised him, stating that people like Dr .Abhishek Verma inspire others to work for the betterment of society.
Recently, Romania’s Ambassador, Mr . Daniela Sezonov Ţane, invited Vishal Singh to the Romanian Embassy in Delhi, where they discussed the mission in detail. Impressed by his humanitarian work, she honored Vishal Singh and invited him to Romania to take the mission forward .
Food man Vishal Singh has been serving the people of India for the past 16 years. Through the Vijay Sri Foundation, he provides free meals to cancer patients & their families ,shelter, and education for women & children along with running free old-age homes in Lucknow.
In addition to his humanitarian work, Vishal Singh also addresses issues like crime and corruption through his role as Chairman of Seva Path Media and Managing Director of Vijay Sri Foundation.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Vishal Singh and his team worked tirelessly to provide food and help to the needy, including starving children, elderly citizens, and pregnant women. Despite contracting the virus himself, he continued to assist others after his recovery. He even created a life-saving oxygen regulator using household items, which was praised by doctors both in India and abroad.
In his address at the meeting, Vishal Singh spoke about his mission to create a hunger-free world. He pointed out that India’s large population, along with issues like unemployment and poverty, has caused the country to fall on the Hunger Index. He urged people to contribute just one handful of grains daily to help create a hunger-free world.
He concluded by saying that through social participation, we can empower the people around us, meet their basic needs, and work together to build a stronger, more prosperous, and developed society.
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