Kabuli chana out of the scope of storage limit

12-Jul-2024 11:32 AM

New Delhi. In view of the tremendous demand of traders, exporters and producers, the Central Government has finally excluded Kabuli chana from the scope of storage limit (stock limit).

A notification to this effect was issued by the Central Consumer Affairs Department on July 11, 2024, stating that the storage limit on tuvar and desi chana will remain intact but the stock limit on Kabuli chana has been removed. 

It is noteworthy that on June 21, 2024, the Department of Consumer Affairs issued a notification and implemented the order of storage limit for tuvar, desi chana and kabuli chana.

Under this, wholesalers were allowed to keep a maximum stock of 200 tonnes for each pulse, 5 tonnes to retailers, 5 tonnes to big chain retailers at each retail outlet and 200 tonnes at depots, millers / processors were allowed to keep a stock of 3 months' production or 25 per cent of the annual installed capacity, whichever is higher.

Importers were told that it would be mandatory to offload the imported pulses stock in the domestic market within 45 days after custom clearance. 

Various pulses associations were shocked and concerned by the imposition of stock limits on chickpeas and tried to convince the government that chickpeas do not fall in the category of normal pulses and are used only in whole form, hence imposing stock limits on it is not practical.