The consumer affairs ministry recommended removal of quantitative restrictions on import of pulses to preempt any price rise because of low production. This year,the government has allowed 400,000 tonnes of tur dal import. The domestic demand for pulses has been pegged at 25.4 million tonnes (MT) for this year. The availability of the commodity in the country is about 25.6 MT, including the buffer stock of 0.8 MT of tur and 1.5 MT of chana.