{"id":115946,"date":"2024-06-22T19:43:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T14:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=current-affairs&#038;p=115946"},"modified":"2025-02-13T15:59:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T10:29:37","slug":"stock-limits-on-tur-and-chana-dal","status":"publish","type":"current-affairs","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/stock-limits-on-tur-and-chana-dal","title":{"rendered":"Centre imposes Stock Limit On Tur and Chana Dal to Curb Holdings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the government imposed stock limits on<\/span><b> tur (pigeon pea) and chana (chickpea) dal for all states and union territories<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> until September this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Govt imposes stock limits on Tur and Chana Dal<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>About Stock-holding limit: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A regulatory measure that <\/span><b>imposes caps on the quantities of specific commodities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, such as pulses, <\/span><b>that retail shops and traders can store.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Applicability: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Centre passed the <\/span><b>Removal of Licensing Requirements, Stock Limits and Movement Restrictions on Specified Foodstuffs (Amendment) Order, 2024<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, specifying stock limits for <\/span><b>wholesalers, retailers, supermarkets, millers and importers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the two commodities<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Reason: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The move is aimed to:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Prevent hoarding.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Curb unscrupulous speculation.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Improve affordability of tur and chana for consumers.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Curb Price Inflation.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Monitored by:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><b>Department of Consumer Affairs <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has been closely monitoring Pulses stock position through the stock disclosure portal.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"vc_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pw.live\/batches\/upsc?utm_source=seo+upsc+batch&#038;utm_medium=seo+upsc&#038;utm_campaign=seo&#038;utm_id=upsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enroll now for UPSC Online Course<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Government Initiatives to Stabilise Pulses Market and Ensure Affordability<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Enforcement of Mandatory Stock Disclosure: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The department communicated with state governments to enforce <\/span><b>mandatory stock disclosure by all stockholding entities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Follow-up visits<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to major pulses-producing states and trading hubs were conducted across the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Stakeholder Meetings: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Separate meetings were held with <\/span><b>traders, stockists, dealers, importers, millers, and big-chain retailers to encourage truthful stock disclosure and maintain the <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">affordability of pulses for consumers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Import Duty Reduction: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To boost domestic production, the government reduced the import duty on desi chana by 66 per cent<\/span><b>.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The duty reduction has <\/span><b>facilitated imports and prompted higher sowing of chana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in major producing countries.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Expected Increase in Kharif Pulses Sowing: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>sowing of Kharif pulses<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like tur and urad is <\/span><b>expected to rise<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> significantly this season<\/span><b> due to farmers&#8217; high price realisation and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) prediction of above-normal monsoon rains.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Imports of Tur from East Africa and Chana from Australia: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imports of the current year&#8217;s crop of tur from East African countries and Chana from Australia <\/span><b>will help maintain the affordable availability of Chana to consumers.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 100.031%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 137.939%; text-align: center; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Must Read<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50.5357%; text-align: center; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/editorial-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UPSC Daily Editorials<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 87.4036%; 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