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Agri-Biz & Commodities
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Pulses States - Andhra Pradesh Pulses prices skyrocket in Andhra Pradesh 
Costly commodities: Falling acreage K.V. Kurmanath Hyderabad, July 19 The unprecedented increase in the prices of pulses, particularly red gram, in Andhra Pradesh shows the State is witnessing a fall in pulses acreage in the last few years. The acreage of red gram,the price touching Rs 90 a kg, is down at 4.42 lakh hectares in 2008-09 from 4.63 lakh ha in 2006-07 and 4.94 lakh ha the previous year. The acreage of pulses remained stagnant in the last three years at 17.80 lakh ha. Prof. K.R. Chowdhary, agricultural economist, said the red gram crisis was a creation of the failure of distribution system and hoarding. Artificial scarcity“Middlemen and commission agents are procuring the commodity in large quantities and creating an artificial scarcity,” he said. The price has shot up to Rs 90 a kg against Rs 60 last month and Rs 45 in the same period last year. The prices of other pulses too doubled. Mr N. Raghuveera Reddy, State Minister for Agriculture, told Business Line that the Agriculture Action Plan for 2009-10 had targetted to grow pulses in 19.45 lakh ha. The red gram acreage too was pegged at 4.50 lakh ha. MSP to go up“Besides, we have decided to increase minimum support price to Rs 3,000 a quintal from the present Rs 2,000. We also asked the officials to see to it that pulses, particularly red gram, to be grown as an inter-crop in groundnut, cotton and maize crops this year,” he said. More Stories on : Pulses | Andhra Pradesh
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