The Centre has approved tenders for import of 7,500 tonnes of pulses particlularly tur and urad. This will help boost domestic supply and check price rise of the commodity. Sources said, a decision in this regard was taken at the meeting of the Price Stabilisation Fund Monitoring Committee headed by Consumer Affairs Secretary C Viswanath in New Delhi. This was the first meeting after the Price Stabilisation Fund (PSF) was transferred to the consumer affairs ministry from the Agriculture Ministry recently. <br/><br/>The committee approved MMTC tenders for import of 2,500 tonnes of tur and 5,000 tonnes of urad. Already, MMTC has contracted import of 11,000 tonnes of tur and 7,500 tonnes of urad, of which around 2,000 tonnes of tur have reached Chennai and Mumbai ports while over 4,000 tonnes of tur have been shipped.<br/><br/>The government has purchased 50 thousand tonnes of tur and urad in 2015 kharif season and is in the process of buying masoor and other dals in the rabi season. The state governments have been asked to stock up pulses from the central buffer stock to ensure there is adequate availability and curb price rise.