New Delhi: As farmers’ agitation continues across the country over the Agriculture Bill, the Union government has announced to provide mung beans and beans at affordable prices to the states. The central government will provide processed beans and pulses to the states at affordable prices. The pulses will be available at a lower price than the market price. States will sell it in the retail market. As a result, people will be able to buy pulses at lower prices during this crisis. Consumer Affairs Secretary Lina Nandan said the decision was made to provide pulses to the states at affordable prices in view of possible price hikes. Bean pulses will be given at Rs 72 per kg and bir pulses at Rs 7-8 per kg. It will be provided at a lower price than the market price.
A cabinet minister recently approved a system to intervene at retail prices. On that basis, the central government will provide mung and bean pulses to the states. One kilogram or one and a half packets of pulses will be supplied to the states for sale in the retail market. Large quantities of pulses will be provided to them. These packets can be easily bought by ordinary customers and avoided inflation. Dali will be provided from the warehouse created with the price stability fund. States can take care of their needs from this store. Affordable pulses will be given to the states for at least two months until the new pulses come to market. Dali will be sold to the states at the same price as the minimum support price (MSP) of Dali and other charges levied on it. The allocation for mung beans has started on the 16th of this month. Biri Dali’s allotment will be accepted soon. For example, he said that the current market price of a kg of mung beans is Rs 100. We will provide mung beans to the states at Rs 42 per kg. The price of various commodities increases during the time period between the end of the old crop market and the arrival of the new crop. At the same time, the central government is working to ensure that consumers get a variety of goods at affordable prices. States can take goods from the central government’s warehouses and sell them through their own distribution system. Otherwise they can also take the cooperation of NAFED. At present, the central government has more than one lakh tonnes of bean pulses and two lakh tonnes of mung beans. Retail prices of mung beans and beans have risen in the wake of reports of crop failure in various parts of the country. Prices have also gone up in various mandis.
