In a bid to boost domestic supply and maintain stable prices, the government has announced that there will be no restrictions on the import of tur and urad dal until March 2025.
These pulses will continue to fall under the free category, allowing unrestricted imports.
“The free import policy of urad and tur stands extended up to March 31, 2025,” the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) stated in a notification.
Currently, the free import policy for these pulses is set to expire in March 2024. Earlier this year, the government had permitted the import of tur, urad, and moong dal under the ‘free category’ starting from May 15, 2021, until October 31, 2021.
Thus, the import of tur and urad dal was then allowed to continue under the free regime.