Govt. announces MSP for pulses
The Hindu
4,000 MT of black gram, 3,367 MT of green gram to be procured
The State government on Tuesday announced that it would directly procure 4,000 MT of black gram and 3,367 MT of green gram from farmers during 2021-22. It announced a minimum support price of ₹63 a kg for black gram and ₹72.75 a kg for green gram.
The desired moisture content of black gram and green gram is 12% during direct procurement at regulated markets. The Tamil Nadu State Agricultural Marketing Board would be the nodal agency, regulated markets would be the direct procurement centres and the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) would be the Central agency.
Black gram would be directly procured through 31 regulated markets. Green gram would be procured through 17 regulated markets, an official release said.

Responding to media queries over a recent case of a sexual assault on a woman walking home in Bengaluru, Home Minister G. Parameshwara said he had instructed the city Police Commissioner to strengthen the police beat system and added that “In a big city like this, such incidents do happen…”, drawing the ire of many.