Pulses Price Hike: In the last few months, the government had warned the retail industry several times about the prices of pulses not falling in the retail market despite falling prices in the wholesale market and asked them to reduce the prices. In the wholesale market, be it arhar dal, chala dal, masoor, urad or moong, the prices of all these pulses have reduced by 5 to 20 percent, but despite all the efforts of the government, the prices in the retail market still remain high. Now the government has again come into action regarding this.
Government puts pressure on retailers to reduce prices
Officials of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Food Supplies have recently held an important meeting with the Retailers Association of India and big retail chain companies regarding the prices of pulses. The government has expressed its unhappiness over pulses prices not decreasing in the retail market despite instructions. Now the government has started putting pressure on the retailers to reduce the prices of pulses by 15 to 20 percent. The government feels that wholesale market prices and retail prices of pulses indicate that retailers are making higher margins. If the prices of pulses do not come down, the government can also consider increasing the sales of Bharat Dal in the open market.
Pulses not cheap in retail market
The prices of arhar and urad in wholesale markets have declined by an average of 10 to 20 percent in the last few months, but retail prices have remained the same. According to the Price Monitoring Division of the Department of Consumer Affairs, arhar dal was available at Rs 153.79 per kg on December 22, 2023, which will become Rs 157.06 per kg on December 22, 2024. Chana dal was available at Rs 83.44 per kg a year ago, which is now available at Rs 93.09 per kg.
Retailers are profiteering!
Urad dal was available at Rs 123.03 per kg last year on 22 December 2023, which is now available at Rs 123.38 per kg. Moong dal was available at Rs 116.47 per kg a year ago and now it is available at Rs 113.02. The price of masoor dal was Rs 93.97 per kg a year ago, which is now available at Rs 88.55 per kg. Even the gram dal sold by the government as Bharat Dal was available at Rs 79.93 per kg a year ago and is now available at Rs 88.12 per kg. This clearly shows that despite the reduction in wholesale prices, consumers are not getting the benefit of reduction in prices.
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