Govt levies 10 pc duty on mosur dal; extends duty-free import of yellow peas till May 31

Published Mar 9, 2025

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The Indian government has imposed a 10% import duty on lentils and extended the duty-free import of yellow peas until May 31, 2025. The move is aimed at enhancing the domestic availability of these pulses. The basic customs duty and Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess on lentils will be 5% each, effective from March 8, 2025. In 2024, India's yellow peas import was estimated at 30 lakh tonnes, which was part of the overall pulses import of 67 lakh tonnes.

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New Delhi: The government has imposed a 10 per cent import duty on lentils (mosur) and extended the duty-free import of yellow peas by three months till May 31 this year to enhance domestic availability, according to a finance ministry notification. Through the notification, the government has imposed 5 per cent basic customs duty and 5 per cent Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC) on lentils with effect from March 8. #sr_widget.onDemand p, #stock_pro.onDemand p{font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.28;} .onDemand .live_stock{left:17px;padding:1px 3px 1px 5px;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;line-height:18px;top:9px} #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{margin:0 auto 0;} #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{color: #024d99;margin-top:10px;} #sr_widget.onDemand .crypto .live_stock .lb-icon{8px 6px 5px 3px !important} #sr_widget.crypto.onDemand a.text{border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:5px;display:block;width:100%} ...

Source: Economic times