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The government lifted the ban on exports of tur dal, urad, and moong with immediate effect. The export of these pulses allowed only after registration of contracts with Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority. The move came in the wake of industry demand to support the falling prices in key markets of the country. Prices of most of the pulses hovered near and mostly below the minimum support levels in the country. The government had earlier capped the import of pulses to boost the domestic prices. The government had capped import of tur at 200,000 tonne per annum and urad and moong at 300,000 tonne each per year.

A total of 76 centres for procurement of moong opened in the state. Similarly, 28 centres for urad, 29 for peanuts and 25 for soybean opened. More procurement centres can be opened considering the interests of farmers and demand of people’s representatives. The move was taken considering the interest of farmers in the state so that they get right price for pulses and oilseed crops. Union government has fixed support price of Rs 5,575 per quintal for moong, which includes bonus of Rs 200. The support price of urad has been announced Rs 5,400 including Rs 200 bonus and Rs 4,450 for groundnut including Rs 200 bonus and Rs 3050 per quintal including bonus for soybean.

As against the national trend, the kharif sowing in Gujarat has shown remarkable growth in pulses sowing with up to about 44 per cent rise in different varieties of pulses. The area under moth beans increase the most by close to 45 per cent to 27,100 hectares as on September 12 as against the three-year average of 18,800 hectares. Other pulses varieties such as moong (green gram), urad and tur witnessed higher acreage by 13-16 per cent. The overall total area under kharif pulses reported an increase of about 8 per cent to 5,60,300 hectares as against 3-year average of 5,21,000 hectares.