Impose 100% Import Duty on All Varieties of Pulses,Writes Farmers' Leader

Veteran farmers' leader and founder of Shetkari Sanghatana, Vijay Jawandhiya, has written a strongly worded letter to Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal demanding immediate imposition of 100% import duty on all varieties of pulses, Jawandhiya warned that unrestricted imports of pulses at zero import duty are hurting Indian farmers. They are being forced to sell their produce below the Minimum Support Price (MSP), defeating the promise of doubling farmers' income