Tur dal price crash engineered by Centre, says Surjewala
"This price crash is not an accident. It is a direct outcome of Modi govt's policies engineered in Delhi, not a drought in Karnataka," said Surjewala. "This is economic sabotage of farmers of Karnataka and Maharashtra, which together contribute 50% of India's tur dal production. The problem also lies in the Centre announcing MSP but not procuring enough. The ministry of agriculture's own data shows that in 2022-23, India's farmers produced 276.9 lakh tonnes of pulses but the Modi govt purchased only 1.2 lakh tonnes at MSP.
This shows that MSP of pulses is a farce."
He said in five years since May 2021, the Centre allowed duty-free import of tur dal. The last notification was issued on Jan 20 this year, making import of the pulse duty-free until March 31 next year. He said because of this, cheap and low-quality imports from Myanmar, Tanzania, and Mozambique besides Australia, Africa and Canada have flooded India's markets.
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"In 2022-23, the Modi govt imported 24.9 lakh tonnes of pulses," he said.
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"Imports doubled in 2023-24 to 48.4 lakh tonnes. To add to farmers' distress, 67 lakh tonnes were imported in 2024-25. While Karnataka produces over 3.7 lakh tonnes of premium GI-tagged tur dal, barely 49,000 tonnes were procured at MSP, leaving as much as 3.2 lakh tonnes to be sold below MSP."
He accused the Centre of entering into long-term MOUs, guaranteeing farmers in countries like Mozambique that it would import two lakh tonnes every year, while leaving Karnataka's farmers in the lurch.
Surjewala said in 2024-25 MSP of tur dal was Rs 7,550 per quintal, but Karnataka's farmers were forced to sell at Rs 6,000 per quintal. He said the Karnataka govt had demanded an MSP of Rs 16,548 per quintal for 2025-26, considering the cost of cultivation — which is Rs 11,032 per quintal — but the Centre has fixed an MSP of Rs 8,000 per quintal.
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