Lok Sabha Question No. 901 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-07
Subject: Fall in Prices of Pulses
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL, PRATHAP SIMHA, SHOBHA KARANDLAJE, NEELAM SONKER, B.V. NAYAK, HARI NARAYAN RAJBHAR, HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.901

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  7 TH  FEBRUARY, 2017

## FALL IN PRICES OF PULSES

901.   SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER:

SHRI B.V. NAIK:

SHRI HARINARAYAN RAJBHAR:

SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं किसान िल्याण ½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the fall in  prices  of  pulses  including  arhar  has  breached  the  Minimum Support Price (MSP) for pulses announced by the Government and if so, the details thereof and the corrective step taken by the Government to protect the pulse growers from the fall of price;
- (b) whether the growers of arhar crops have urged the Government to start market intervention to stabilise prices of pulses in the country and if so, the details thereof and the response of the Government thereto;
- (c) whether there are reports of failure of Technology Mission on Oilseeds, Pulses and Maize since its  introduction  in  various  parts  of  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details thereof and the response of the Government thereto;
- (d) the  details  of  the  areas/regions  where  production  of  pulses  has  not  been increased  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year  along  with  the  reasons therefor and the corrective steps taken thereon, State-wise; and
- (e) whether the Government has prepared any action plan for initiating better policy and  technology  intervention  for  increasing  the  production  of  oilseeds  and  pulses  in various parts of the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

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एवं किसान िल्याण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã ½ãñâ Àã·¾ã ½ãâ¨ããè ( SHRI S.S. AHLUWALIA)

(a) & (b): Some Reports indicate that  prices of  pulses in some of the mandis are ruling below Minimum Support Price (MSP). However, in most of the mandis prices are above the MSP.

Government  implements  Price  Support  Scheme  (PSS)  and  Price  Stabilization Fund  (PSF)  for  procurement  of  pulses  directly  from  the  farmers  through  central agencies viz. National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED), Small  Farmers'  Agri-business  Consortium  (SFAC),  Central  Warehousing  Corporation (CWC), National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India Limited (NCCF) and Food Corporation of India (FCI). The procurement of pulses is undertaken by these central agencies at MSP as and when prices fall below MSP.

In  the  current  year  (2016-17)  the  Government  has  procured  131.74  thousand tonnes of Tur, 204.43 thousand tonnes of Moong and 83.24 thousand tonnes of Urad, till 30-01-2017.

(c) to (e): The Technology Mission on Oilseeds was launched by the Central Government  in  1986  to  increase  the  production  of oilseeds to  reduce  import  and achieve  self-sufficiency  in  edible  oils.  Subsequently, pulses,  oil  palm  and maize were also brought within the purview of the Mission. The scheme was restructured in 2004 as Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm and Maize (ISOPOM).

State-wise production of pulses for last three years and the current year i.e. from 2013-14 to 2016-17 is given at Annexure.

In order to increase production and  productivity of pulses and  oilseeds, Government  has  taken  several  initiatives  which, inter  alia, includes  National  Food Security  Mission  (NFSM),  Rashtriya  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (RKVY),  Bringing  Green Revolution  to  Eastern  India  (BGREI),  National  Mission  on  Oilseeds  and  Oil  Palm (NMOOP), National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA), Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana, Soil Health Card etc.

In addition, a new scheme 'Targeting rice fallow area in Eastern India for pulses and  oilseeds'  a  sub-scheme  under  RKVY  has  also  been  initiated  during  2016-17  to increase production and productivity of pulses and oilseeds.

## State-wise production of pulses

('000 Tonnes)

* As per 4 th Advance Estimates

| States           | 2013-14   |   2014-15 |   2015-16* |   2016-17# |
|------------------|-----------|-----------|------------|------------|
| Andhra Pradesh   | 1551.0    |     950   |     1228   |      196   |
| Assam            | 104.3     |     111   |      106   |       38   |
| Bihar            | 522.0     |     493.8 |      428.5 |       58.5 |
| Chhattisgarh     | 482.1     |     736.5 |      511.6 |       89.8 |
| Gujarat          | 729.0     |     574.5 |      532.5 |      567   |
| Haryana          | 125.1     |      56.1 |       48.1 |       79.5 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 51.0      |      38.3 |       31.7 |       10.9 |
| Jammu & Kashmir  | 13.8      |       9.2 |       10.3 |       12.4 |
| Jharkhand        | 578.6     |     597.1 |      547.2 |      300.1 |
| Karnataka        | 1600.5    |    1390   |     1389   |      975.5 |
| Kerala           | 2.4       |       1.4 |        1.9 |        0   |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 4644.3    |    4828.3 |     5117.1 |     1663.9 |
| Maharashtra      | 3169.0    |    2053   |     1409.6 |     1725   |
| Odisha           | 419.3     |     439.3 |      554.5 |      408.3 |
| Punjab           | 39.6      |      41.6 |       43.7 |       23.3 |
| Rajasthan        | 2490.9    |    1951.8 |     1952.6 |     1414   |
| Tamilnadu        | 613.8     |     753.2 |      573.2 |      195.2 |
| Telengana        | -         |     263   |      243   |      183   |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 1697.4    |    1438.7 |     1219   |      591   |
| Uttarakhand      | 56.5      |      54.6 |       51   |       36.8 |
| West Bengal      | 241.7     |     236.5 |      329.7 |       49.5 |
| Others           | 120.0     |     132.5 |      134.3 |       80.6 |
| All-India        | 19255.0   |   17152.3 |    16467.5 |     8698.5 |

# As per 1 st Advance Estimates (Kharif only)

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## Annexure