ANNEXURE – I

 

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1728 FOR 04/12/2009

REGARDING STEEP PRICE RISE OF SUGAR AND PULSES

 

Import of Pulses and the rates during year 2009-2010

                     Quantity in MTs

Rate: USD/PMT

Name of 4PSU’s

URAD

Red Lentils

Yellow Lentils

African Tur

Yellow Peas

Toor

Moong

Chick Peas

Dunn Peas

STC

Qty

Price

Qty

Price

Qty

Price

Qty

Price

Qty

Price

Qty

Price

Qty

Price

Qty

Price

Qty

Price

4994

490

3500

895

1390

822

3000

1003

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

MMTC

1030

890

2000

921

-

-

-

-

-

-

26000

1011-1204

960

877

-

-

-

-

NAFED

9550

632.89

-

-

-

-

-

-

97254

458.40

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

PEC

29465.80

559.00-

1199.99

 

659.22-915.00

6243

775-850

-

-

-

-

107913

675.00-1221.00

13950

749.90-918.89

22889.32

434.22-656.20

1000

391

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Source: 4 PSUs.

ANNEXURE – II

 

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1728 FOR 04/12/2009

REGARDING STEEP PRICE RISE OF SUGAR AND PULSES

 

Government Measures to check the prices of pulses and sugar are briefly stated below:

 

1. Fiscal Measures

 

(i)  Reduced import duties to zero – for sugar , pulses.

(ii) Allowed import of raw sugar at zero duty under O.G.L. up to 01.08.2009 by sugar mills (notified on 17.04.2009).

This has since been extended up to 31.12.2010. Furthermore, import of raw sugar has been opened to private trade

up to 31.12.2010 for being processed by domestic factories on job basis.

(iii) Allowed import of white/refined sugar by STC/MMTC/PEC and NAFED up to 1 million tons by 01.08.2009

under O.G.L. at zero duty (notified on 17.04.2009). This has since been extended upto 31.3.2010.

Furthermore, the duty free import of white/refined sugar under OGL has been opened to other Central/State

Government agencies and to private trade in addition to existing designated agencies.

(iv) Removed levy obligation in respect of imported raw sugar and white/refined sugar.

 

2. Administrative Measures

 

(v) Banned export of pulses (except kabuli chana).

(vi) Imposed stock limit orders in the case of pulses, sugar, upto 30.9.2010.                 

(vii) Futures trading in urad and Tur suspended by the Forward Market Commission in the year 2007-08 and continues

during 2009-10. Futures trading in sugar was suspended w.e.f. 27.5.2009 upto 31st December, 2009.

(viii) To augment availability of pulses, permitted the Public Sector Undertakings (namely, STC, MMTC, and PEC) and

NAFED to import and sell pulses under a scheme and the losses, if any, up to 15% are reimbursed by the Government.

(ix) Distribution of imported pulses through PDS at a subsidy of Rs.10 per kg to State Governments.

(x) Increased quota of levy sugar to 20% with effect from 1.10.2009

(xi) For the month of Nov, 2009, a quantity of 15.00 lakh tons of non levy sugar has been made available which

includes 10.50 lakh tons of normal non-levy sugar and 1.45 lakh tons of refined raw sugar imported by sugar mills.

The estimated availability out of imported white/refined sugar is about 1.50 lac ton. Besides, the validity period

of Oct. 2009 non-levy quota has since been extended for the first fortnight up to 25.10.2009 and for the second

fortnight upto 10.11.2009, it is expected about 1.55 lakh ton of sugar would be spill over quota of Oct. 09.  

 

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