Mumbai: Maharashtra government has decided to lift the storage limit it had imposed on imported pulses, cooking oil and oilseeds to keep a check on the spiralling prices of foodgrains, state Food and Civil Supplies minister Girish Bapat said here today.

"We had imposed restrictions as the government wanted to ensure there is no black marketing of pulses at a time when prices were already high. Our decision of lifting the restrictions will ensure that all the foodgrains that are lying idle at ports can be sold in the open market," Bapat told reporters.