The Lentils webinar will give Indian and International trade stakeholders an insight into what can be expected in the coming months
India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA), the nodal body for India’s pulses trade and industry, will be hosting a series of webinars under the aegis of The IPGA Knowledge Series to discuss and explore topics of critical interest to the pulses sector in India and the world at large.
IPGA, as a part of the knowledge Series, will host a Lentils Webinar on Friday, November 6, 2020 at 5 pm India Time.
The eminent panelists for the webinar include Dr S.K. Malhotra, Agriculture Commissioner, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare; Mr Sunil Kumar Singh, Additional MD, NAFED; Mr Rakesh Khemka, MD – Uma Exports; Mr Peter Wilson, MD – Wilson International, Australia and Mr Rav Kapoor, CEO & Director – ETG Commodities Inc., Canada The webinar will be moderated by Mr Anurag Tulshan, IPGA’s East Zone Convenor and MD of Esarco Exim.
Jitu Bheda, Chairman, IPGA, said “The IPGA Knowledge Series has been received extremely well in India but also overseas. The Lentils webinar will give Indian and International trade stakeholders an excellent insight into what can be expected in the coming months.”
Bimal Kothari, Vice-Chairman, IPGA said, “The Government has extended the reduction of import duty till December 31st. We see an interesting situation developing here and expect an in-depth discussion during the webinar around expected production, expected imports and the role NAFED will essay in procurement and distribution.”
Underlining the importance of lentils, Dr S.K. Malhotra said, “Lentils are now in demand in the market and the Government of India has also included them in the National Food Security Mission Programme. We have already started targeting rice fallow areas, bringing Green Revolution in Eastern India, and promoting production through intercropping. We are encouraging states to adopt new and high yielding varieties of lentils so that our production as well as productivity increase.”
As a part of the webinar, Sunil Kumar Singh, Addl. MD – NAFED shall be talking on NAFED’s plan of procurement of rabi pulses, particularly lentils, the present availability, market outlook, and the future trends. Rakesh Khemka of Uma Exports will present a perspective of the trade with respect to the domestic production, stock availability, expected imports as well as a price outlook.
From an international perspective, Rav Kapoor of ETG Commodities Inc., Canada and Peter Wilson of Wilson International Trade, Australia will present the lentils outlook for Canada and Australia respectively about production, stock availability, expected exports as well as price outlook.