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Short supplies of pulses making life hard for poor
With prices of pulses soaring, the poor are finding it hard to manage their house-hold expenses.Pulses which form the main source of nutrition for the below poverty line (BPL) families is becoming elusive.
Hyderabad: With prices of pulses soaring, the poor are finding it hard to manage their house-hold expenses.Pulses which form the main source of nutrition for the below poverty line (BPL) families is becoming elusive.
Nearly 40 percent of white-card holders are not being supplied their quota of red gram through the Public Distrbution System (PDS) in Telangana state.
The highly-subsidised pulses are sold at Rs 50-a-kg through fair price shops. Ever since the prices of red gram hit the roof over the last two months,
the supplies to the PDS has dwindled making it difficult for the BPL families to buy the dal in open market.Of the total requirement of 1500 metric tonnes, only 60 percent of the supplies are delivered to fair price shops.
Authorised suppliers are not able to procuring required stocks leading to shortage of pulses in fair price shops, an official of State Civil Supplies Corporation told The Hans India.
“Red gram stocks procured within the state and from Maharashtra and other states got exhausted last month. The suppliers are struggling hard to procure fresh stocks,” he said.
In view of the shortage, pulses have been supplied to the fair prices shops only after receiving orders from the fair shops. Earlier, every shop owner has been asked to lift the stocks allocated for them every month without fail.
The only option before the suppliers was to import from Myanmar and African countries where pulses are grown abundantly. “Even though the orders were placed, it will take at least 20 to 30 days for the suppliers to get the consignment. After that, processing and packaging will take another week,” he said.
Civil Supplies Corporation General Manager (Marketing and PDS) Jairam said that from January the state will have to depend totally on imports as the cultivation of red gram has hit all-time low this kharif season.
According to estimations, new yield will meet only 20 to 30 per cent of the requirement next year. Till then the poor house-holds will have to face difficulties.
By:Patan Afzal Babu
