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Leading industry players said the prices of processed dal will drop by about Rs 1.5 per kg to Rs 2 per kg since the local mandi tax has been removed. Indore: Prices of processed dal are expected to come down in coming weeks owning to exemption of mandi tax on raw pulses purchased from outstations for processing.Madhya Pradesh government has exempted pulses from 2.2% mandi tax. The cost of purchase and operations will reduce significantly.”Dal mills purchase raw pulses from the market and then process it into dal of various grades. On processing 60% comes out as dal, while 25% goes as cattle feed and the rest is wasted, industry experts said.Dal millers said the market for locally processed dal will expand with the rate cut due to competitive prices. But the exemption will support the processing units and reduced their cost of operations.”Indore is a major trading centre for pulses with presence of over 150 dal mills..