The Centre reviewed the imposition of stock limits and other enforcement measures taken by States to check the hoarding of pulses in a meeting held here on Tuesday.

The other measures include inspections carried out against dealers and raids against those found to be hoarding and an official statement claimed these "have begun to show results".

"In Maharastra raids have been conducted in Mumbai, Aurangabad, Pune, Amravati, Nasik, and Nagpur. Similarly, in Karnataka inspections were carried out in Mysore district resulting in recovery of 3600 quintals of pulses. Raids have also been carried out in Bengaluru," it said.

Similar raids were also conducted in Madhya Pradesh and resulted in a seizure of 2,295 tonnes of pulses.

In Telangana, 1,820 raids helped recover 2,546 tonnes, while the Andhra Pradesh seized 600 tonnes through 56 raids.

The crackdown followed criticisms of Government inaction with prices of almost pulses having risen since end-April.

Retail prices of tur crossed Rs.200/kg this week across certain markets like Mysore and Puducherry despite nearly 5,000 tonnes of imports being undertaken by the Centre.

The statement also informed that imported pulses had been allocated to AP and Tamil Nadu and other States have been asked to indicate their requirements.

"All of these measures are expected to improve supply position and arrival of pulses in the market thereby moderating the prices of pulses," it added.

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