EDITORIALMONSOON DEFICIT AND FOOD SECURITY
Cheap Dal Now or a Sown Field Later? Sequencing Imports in an El Niño Year
An Indian Express editorial has urged the Centre to keep food imports open as the monsoon ends with an 11.9% deficit and El Niño strengthens. Maharashtra has activated Trigger-1 of its Drought Management Code across 265 talukas. Last week the Centre cut the import duty on crude palm and soyabean oil from 16.5% to 11% and on sunflower oil to 5.5%. The editorial now wants duty-free imports of yellow peas, chana and masoor…
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