INDORE: The pulses industry demanded the government to lift the ban on the export of pulses. The government imposed the ban on export of pulses some five years back.
Talking to ToI in Indore on Tuesday on the sidelines of the announcement of The Global Pulses Conclave, which will be held in Mumbai from February15 to 17, Bimal Kothari, vice-president, India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA), said, "We are in talks with the government to allow the export of pulses with certain quantity of restriction".
India is the largest producer, consumer and importer of pulses in the world. However, the country was unable to export pulses thanks to the ban imposed on it by the government, said Kothari.
Nearly 450 delegates, including 150 from India, were likely to attend the forthcoming event, which will be held by IPGA, which was known as Pulses Importers' Association of India until a year ago.
Expressing his happiness over the declining prices of pulses price, Kothari said that the prices of pulses decreased in the country by 40% over past one and half years and the trend was likely to continue for some more time.
The reason he cited was the good production of pulses. Even though the production of pulses was likely to be marginally down 5% to 17 million tonne during the current fiscal, when compared to the last fiscal's mark of 18.2 million tonne in the country, it was not likely to affect the prices of pulses in the country, hoped Kothari.
Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com