Lok Sabha Question No. 557 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-06
Subject: Sale of Pulses
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: ARKA KESHARI DEO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.557 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 6 TH  FEBRUARY, 2018

## SALE OF PULSES

## 557.    SHRI ARKA KESHARI DEO:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  production  of  different  varieties  of  pulses  is  likely  to  increase  during  the current year in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) whether the farmers are selling these pulses especially Tur dal in the open market below the Minimum Support Price (MSP) set by the Government; and
- (d) if so, the steps taken by the Government to protect these farmers?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI  GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) & (b): It is early to have a firm assessment of increase or decrease of total production of pulses in 2017-18 for the current year as the Second Advance estimate covering both Kharif and Rabi pulses are normally released in mid-February.

As per first advance estimate 2017-18, the production of Kharif pulses is estimated at 8.71 million tonnes which is lower by 0.72 million tonnes than the last year's record production of 9.42 million  tonnes  (as  per  fourth  advance  estimate  2016-17).  However,  kharif  pulses  estimated production in 2017-18 is 2.86 million tonnes more than average production of five years ending 2015-16. The State-wise details of production of different major varieties of kharif pulses for the current year and previous year are given at Annexure.

- (c): During  the  agricultural  year  2017-18  (July-June)  the  all-India  average  wholesale  prices (July 2017 to January 2018) of pulses such as urad, masur and gram was above the minimum support price (MSP). However, the average wholesale prices of Tur and Moong, was below the MSP during the same period.
- (d): Government  implements  Price  Stabilization  Fund  (PSF)  and  Price  Support  Schemes (PSS) to protect the interest of farmers. Under the PSF, procurement of pulses for central buffer is  undertaken  at  market  prices  or  MSP,  whichever  is  higher.  Further,  PSS  is  implemented  for procurement through Central Nodal Agencies at the MSP wherein State Agencies play a major role. The PSS is implemented at the request of the State Governments concerned.

## Annexure Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 557 due for reply on 06.02.2018

## State-wise Production of Kharif Pulses

('000 Tonnes)

| State            | Tur      | Tur      | Urad     | Urad     | Moong    | Moong    | Total Pulses   | Total Pulses   |
|------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------------|----------------|
| State            | 2017-18$ | 2016-17* | 2017-18$ | 2016-17* | 2017-18$ | 2016-17* | 2017-18$       | 2016-17*       |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 113.0    | 132.0    | 34.0     | 49.0     | 15.0     | 17.0     | 207.0          | 205.0          |
| Assam            | 5.0      | 6.0      | 35.0     |          |          |          | 40.0           | 6.0            |
| Bihar            | 34.2     | 37.1     | 13.4     | 13.7     | 8.4      | 7.6      | 65.2           | 67.4           |
| Chhattisgarh     | 45.3     | 39.6     | 33.3     | 30.0     | 4.3      | 4.0      | 93.3           | 89.2           |
| Gujarat          | 320.9    | 401.0    | 83.0     | 117.0    | 64.0     | 69.0     | 484.9          | 604.0          |
| Haryana          | 15.0     | 13.0     | 1.0      | 0.4      | 5.0      | 13.7     | 21.5           | 27.4           |
| Himachal Pradesh | 0.0      | 0.0      | 4.1      | 5.6      | 0.1      | 0.1      | 10.3           | 13.0           |
| Jammu & Kashmir  |          |          |          |          | 0.5      | 0.6      | 7.4            | 7.4            |
| Jharkhand        | 187.3    | 202.0    | 86.0     | 139.5    | 20.4     | 24.2     | 312.2          | 395.9          |
| Karnataka        | 663.0    | 908.9    | 33.0     | 41.0     | 78.0     | 116.0    | 866.0          | 1126.9         |
| Kerala           | 0.0      | 0.3      |          |          |          |          | 0.1            | 0.3            |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 806.4    | 781.7    | 1387.6   | 770.9    | 142.4    | 122.1    | 2341.3         | 1693.7         |
| Maharashtra      | 1117.0   | 1458.3   | 146.0    | 250.0    | 178.3    | 300.0    | 1494.3         | 2048.3         |
| Odisha           | 131.1    | 119.8    | 22.1     | 27.3     | 24.5     | 26.9     | 275.6          | 223.8          |
| Punjab           | 6.1      | 4.9      | 2.1      | 1.1      | 5.6      | 4.0      | 13.8           | 10.0           |
| Rajasthan        | 10.4     | 15.7     | 243.5    | 250.0    | 684.5    | 783.6    | 1350.8         | 1552.4         |
| Tamilnadu        | 39.1     | 42.7     | 38.3     | 46.8     | 13.7     | 19.6     | 117.8          | 140.1          |
| Telangana        | 134.0    | 214.2    | 19.0     | 33.0     | 49.0     | 82.0     | 203.0          | 330.2          |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 326.0    | 363.0    | 278.0    | 321.0    | 22.0     | 18.0     | 626.0          | 702.0          |
| Uttarakhand      | 3.0      | 3.0      | 10.0     | 12.0     |          |          | 36.0           | 38.0           |
| West Bengal      | 2.4      | 2.7      | 42.0     | 46.0     | 1.6      | 1.3      | 47.1           | 50.7           |
| Others           | 28.6     | 31.7     | 20.6     | 15.3     | 4.4      | 5.2      | 92.1           | 90.6           |
| All-India        | 3987.7   | 4777.8   | 2531.9   | 2169.5   | 1321.7   | 1615.0   | 8705.7         | 9422.3         |

* As per 4th Advance Estimates.      $ As per 1st Advance Estimates.

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