IGPA ‘utterly shocked’ by stock limits on pulses, seeks withdrawal of order
The Hindu
The government on July 2 issued a notification imposing stock holding limits on all pulses except moong on wholesalers, retailers, millers and importers.
India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA) on July 3 expressed shock over the till October to prevent hoarding and check price rise. The industry is “utterly shocked. The IGPA will make a representation to the government and address the issue”, it said. “We urge the government to immediately withdraw the order as it is not in the interest of anybody,” IGPA Vice Chairman Bimbal Kothari said in a statement.![](/newspic/picid-1269750-20250217064624.jpg)
When fed into Latin, pusilla comes out denoting “very small”. The Baillon’s crake can be missed in the field, when it is at a distance, as the magnification of the human eye is woefully short of what it takes to pick up this tiny creature. The other factor is the Baillon’s crake’s predisposition to present less of itself: it moves about furtively and slides into the reeds at the slightest suspicion of being noticed. But if you are keen on observing the Baillon’s crake or the ruddy breasted crake in the field, in Chennai, this would be the best time to put in efforts towards that end. These birds live amidst reeds, the bulrushes, which are likely to lose their density now as they would shrivel and go brown, leaving wide gaps, thereby reducing the cover for these tiddly birds to stay inscrutable.