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The Centre has asked the National Consumer Cooperative Federation (NCCF) to start selling chana dal at Rs 60/kg thorough its mobile outlets in Delhi. NCCF is already selling tur and urad through its outlets at Rs 120/kg, the Food Ministry said in a statement.
A decision in this regard was taken in the meeting of Management Committee of Price Stabilisation Fund here on Thursday, chaired by Hem Pande, Secretary, Consumer Affairs.
The meeting also decided to further tender import of 5,000 tonnes of chana and 2,500 tonnes of masoor dal.
In addition, MMTC was asked to order import of 2,500 tonnes of masoor against its already contracted quantity. “So far, MMTC has contracted import of 46,000 tonnes of pulses, out of which 14,321 tonnes have been delivered,” said the statement, adding that procurement of rabi pulses was expected to continue till July.
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