The government fixed the prices of pulses. It will be available everywhere in local shops including Flipkart and Amazon at Rs 58 per kg.

Government of India 'Bharat Dal Scheme' Started last year. The objective of this scheme is to control the rising prices of pulses and to provide cheap and subsidized pulses to the consumers.

Pulses on e-commerce platforms

The government has banned major e-commerce companies such as:

• Amazon
• Flipkart
• swiggy
• bigbasket
• Zepto
• blinkit
• Jio Mart

Has been instructed to start selling cheap pulses. Through these platforms, pulses will be made easily available in urban and semi-urban areas.

implementation of the plan

1. First Step: Launched in July 2023.
2. Second step: To be implemented in October 2024.

benefits to consumers

The main objective of the scheme is to provide relief to the consumers troubled due to inflation. Especially to make available at affordable prices those pulses whose prices are increasing rapidly, such as:

• Moong Dal
• Red Lentil
• Chickpea lentil

subsidized prices of pulses

The government has fixed concessional prices for the following pulses:

imbalance of demand and supply

The main reason for increasing prices of pulses in India is the imbalance in demand and supply.

• Production in 2024: 2.45 crore tonnes
• Demand for 2024: 2.7 crore tonnes

Prices of pulses are increasing due to high demand and low supply.

Current status of the scheme

At present, some e-commerce platforms have started selling cheap pulses, but it has not been completely successful yet. The government is putting pressure on e-commerce companies to participate fully in this scheme so that affordable pulses can reach more and more consumers.