NCDEX chana down as exchange imposes 5% margin.

Futures contracts of chana on NCDEX were down for the third straight day as the exchange has imposed 5% additional margin on buy and sell positions. The most active September contract traded down 2.7% from the previous close. According to traders, speculators have reduced their positions as well as exposure which is the result of easing demand due to adequate stocks present in the spot market.

NAFED buys 60,259 tonne chana of 2016-17 crop from 4 states.

As of Wednesday, the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India had procured 60,259 tonne of chana from the 2016-17 (Jul-Jun) rabi crop from four states. The slowdown in the pace of procurement was due to rising prices in spot markets ahead of festivals.

Tur down in Kalaburagi as govt relaxes import norms.

Prices of tur in Kalaburagi in Karnataka were down as the government relaxed norms for import of the commodity from Myanmar. Importers of tur, who had signed import contracts prior to a quantitative cap on overseas purchases on Aug 5, can avail relaxation on the import cap if they register those contracts with the government.

Relief for tur importers if deals prior to Aug 5 registered.

Importers of tur, who had signed import contracts prior to a quantitative cap on overseas purchases on Aug 5, can avail relaxation on the import cap if they register those contracts with the government. Such contracts registered by the regional authorities after verifying that companies had entered into contracts prior to Aug 5. The government on Thursday had relaxed the norms by allowing consignments from Myanmar and other exporting countries for which advance payments were made prior to the restriction.

Food Corp sells 60,000 tonne pulses of 395,000 tonne allowed for sale.

The Food Corp of India has sold nearly 60,000 tonne pulses over the 15 days through open market sales scheme. Sale of pulses has picked up now. In a meeting held on Aug 17, government allowed us to sell entire stock of moong, while for other pulses, they allowed sale of the stock purchased more than nine months ago. The central government issued a permit to sell 395,000 tonne of domestically purchased pulses from its stocks. The Centre is selling pulses from its buffer stock by floating tenders under the open market sales scheme to dispose of inventories, which rose sharply due to a bumper output last year followed by high imports.