Central government has extended the decision to keep

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To ensure adequate domestic supplies of pulses, the government has extended its decision to keep ‘free-import’ policy for two varieties – tur and urad by a year till March 31, 2024. The government in March 2022 had extended the ‘free-import’ policy for two varieties of pulses by a year. Under the regime, introduced in May last year, specified pulses can be imported without any quantitative restrictions. India’s pulses production rose by close to 9% to 27.75 million tonne (MT) in the 2021-22 crop year (July-June) compared to previous year.