New Delhi, Apr 19 (PTI) State-owned trading firm STC has invited bids for the import of 31,000 tonnes of pulses for sale in domestic market.
The bid will close on April 20 and a decision on awarding the contract will be taken on the same day, the firm said in a statement on its website.
The company said bidders should source 25,000 tonnes of yellow peas and 2,000 tonnes each of desi chick peas (chana), black matpe (urad) and leamon tur (arhar) from Canada, Australia and Myanmar.
Black matpe and lemon tur should be from the current crop year, it said, adding the shipment should reach Mumbai/Vizag and Chennai ports between May and June.
STC, MMTC and other state-run trading agencies like PEC import different varieties of pulses on behalf of the government to augment domestic supply.