INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
New Delhi: Prices of pulses are likely to remain firm in the coming days, with an expected shortfall in the production of pulses this year
Retail prices of moong and tur have already jumped Rs 4-10 a kg in the past 15 days
In kharif pulses also (October-March), the area under cultivation had dropped from 157 lakh hectares to 149 lakh hectares till last week
prompted India to cut down on imports as well as export the excess quantity
In 2016-17, India produced 23.13 million tonnes of pulses, followed by an even better crop size of 25.23 million tonnes in 2017-18
There was a steep jump of around 150 per cent in pulses exports, with India shipping out 2.15 lakh tonnes during April-November 2018 from
87,896 tonnes during the same period the previous year
