Saddled with a buffer stock of 18 lakh tonnes of pulses. The government is trying to dispose of the dals and asked entities, including cooperative NCCF, to do the needful. For the first time, the government had last year decided to create a buffer stock of pulses to ensure better prices to farmers and at the same time use the stock to augment local supply in times of price rise. About 20 lakh tonnes of buffer were created through local procurement and imports.