Lok Sabha Question No. 241 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Fifth Pulses Conclave
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Rebati Tripura, Dhanush M Kumar, Soyam Babu Rao, Ganesan Selvam, Gautham Sigamani Pon, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 241

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## FIFTH PULSES CONCLAVE

## 241. SHRI REBATI TRIPURA:

SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

SHRI SOYAM BAPU RAO:

SHRI SELVAM G.:

SHRI GAUTAM SIGAMAANI PON:

DR. HEENA GAVIT:

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

- (a) whether India is going to host the Fifth Pulses Conclave 2020, if so, the details thereof and the number of stakeholders from India and other countries which are expected to participate in the conclave;
- (b) the main theme and the agenda of the conclave and the benefit India got out of arranging such conclaves in the past;
- (c) whether production of pulses has been steadily growing in the country and especially in Tripura and if so, the details of total area under pulse production and quantum of pulses produced during each of the last three years along with the quantum of pulses exported and foreign exchange earned;
- (d) whether India, being the largest producer of pulses in the world, is still the largest importer of pulses, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the name of countries from which pulses are being/were imported along with the rates at which the same were imported; and
- (e) the corrective steps taken by the Government to boost pulse production in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a): Yes Sir, India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA) will host the fifth biennial Global  Pulses  Conclave  from  12-14 th   February,  2020  at  Lonavala,  Pune.  Over  1000 delegates are likely to attend the Pulses Conclave 2020, with trade delegations from all major pulses producing nations.
- (b): The  Pulses  Conclave  provides  a  platform  for  domestic  and  international participants to converge, connect & capitalise on business opportunities.
- (c): Production of pulses has steadily been growing in the country.  The area and production of pulses in Tripura as well as in the country during 2016-17 to 2018-19 is as under;

## Area and Production data of Pulses

Area in Thousand Hectares Production in Thousand Tonnes

| Year     | Area    | Area      | Production   | Production   |
|----------|---------|-----------|--------------|--------------|
|          | Tripura | All India | Tripura      | All India    |
| 2016-17  | 24.33   | 29446.7   | 16.72        | 23130.9      |
| 2017-18  | 27.23   | 29813.2   | 19.33        | 25416.2      |
| 2018-19* | 25.85   | 29032.1   | 18.92        | 23397.5      |

*as per 4 th  Advance Estimates

The quantum of pulses exported and foreign exchange earned are at Table 1 of the Annexure .

- (d): India  being  the  largest  producer  of  pulses  in  the  world  is  still  the  largest importer of pulses. India imports pulses to meet the gap between domestic production and demand. The details of countries from where pulses are being imported along with the import detail & landed cost are given at Table 2 of the Annexure .
- (e): Government  of  India  is  implementing  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  namely National  Food  Security  Mission  (NFSM)-Pulses  to  increase  the  production  through area expansion and productivity enhancement. Under this programme, assistance is being given to the farmers through State Governments for organizing various types of demonstrations on improved production technologies, seed production & distribution, integrated  nutrient  and  pest  management,  improved  farm  implements/resource conservation machines/tools, improved water devices, cropping system based training etc.

Under  the  programme  new  initiatives  have  also  been  undertaken  from  2016-17 onwards. These initiatives are breeder seed production, creation of 150 seed hubs in Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)/State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), supply of seed minikits free of cost to the farmers, conducting frontline demonstrations on improved latest package of practices by ICAR/SAUs/Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) etc.

Besides,  for  increasing  the  production  of  pulses,  the  special  programmes  on inter-cropping of pulses with sugarcane, Targeting Rice Fallow Area (TRFA) for sowing of pulses and Special Action Plan for increasing pulses productivity in low productivity districts of the country have also been initiated.

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## Annexure

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) & (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 241 FOR ANSWER ON 04.02.2020 REGARDING FIFTH PULSES CONCLAVE

Table 1: India's Exports of major Pulses (Qty in '000 MT and Values in US $ Million)

| HS Code                | Description            |   2016-17 Qty |   2016-17 Value |   2017-18 Qty |   2017-18 Value |   2018-19 Qty |   2018-19 Value |   2019-20 (till Nov) Qty |   2019-20 (till Nov) Value |
|------------------------|------------------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------------------|----------------------------|
| 07131000               | Peas (Matar)           |          7.62 |            4.15 |          4.42 |            1.94 |          2.18 |            1.16 |                     2.06 |                       0.88 |
| 07132000               | Chickpeas              |         87.51 |          125.93 |        128.4  |          174.21 |        228.82 |          205.77 |                    73.95 |                      61.54 |
| 07133100               | Moong &Urad            |         10.57 |           17.75 |         16.94 |           20.45 |         18.78 |           20.32 |                    14.2  |                      16.23 |
| 07134000               | Lentil (Masur)         |         15.56 |           17.77 |         11.6  |           10.24 |         15.07 |           11.28 |                    13.17 |                      11.86 |
| 07136000               | Tur (Arhar)            |         12.3  |           21.12 |         10.54 |           12.14 |          9.33 |            9.43 |                     6.05 |                       7.32 |
| Total Export of Pulses | Total Export of Pulses |        136.72 |          191.05 |        179.6  |          227.75 |        287.13 |          259.35 |                   163.51 |                     159.82 |

## Table 2: India's import details of Major Pulses over the last 4 years

(Qty in Lakh MT & Value in Rs Crore)

| Commodity    | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2019-20 (Apr-Oct)   | 2019-20 (Apr-Oct)   |
|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------|---------------------|
| Commodity    | Qty       | Value     | Qty       | Value     | Qty       | Value     | Qty                 | Value               |
| Peas (Matar) | 31.7      | 8093.5    | 28.8      | 5945.0    | 8.5       | 1692.9    | 5.2                 | 1052.0              |
| Chickpeas    | 10.8      | 6106.8    | 9.8       | 5437.9    | 1.9       | 780.8     | 2.0                 | 770.9               |
| Moong/Urad   | 5.7       | 4544.4    | 3.5       | 1843.0    | 5.7       | 2276.6    | 2.2                 | 1057.7              |
| Lentil       | 8.3       | 4244.5    | 8.0       | 3062.6    | 2.5       | 716.3     | 6.0                 | 1745.6              |
| Tur          | 7.0       | 4091.5    | 4.1       | 1417.0    | 5.3       | 1766.1    | 2.4                 | 1095.5              |
| Total Pulses | 66.1      | 28523.2   | 56.1      | 18748.6   | 25.3      | 8035.3    | 18.7                | 6258.5              |

## Import Source of Major Pulses

|   HS Code | Pulses                   | Top 5 Import Sources                                                                          |
|-----------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   7131000 | Peas (Matar)             | Canada (39.1%), Ukraine (20.4%), Russia (16.3%), Luthuania (5.5) and Netherlands (4.2%)       |
|   7132010 | Kabuli Chana             | Sudan (40.2%), Myanmar (19.8%), Tanzania (13.4%), USA (13.4%) and Ethiopia (5.6%)             |
|   7132020 | Bengal Gram (Desi Chana) | Tanzania (40.5%), Myanmar (20.8%), Australia (12.7%), UAE (12.1%) and Ethiopia (6.8%)         |
|   7133110 | Urad                     | Myanmar (96.9%), UAE (1.8%), Singapore (0.8%), Tanzania (0.2%) and Afghanistan (0.1%)         |
|   7133190 | Moong                    | Kenya (26.8%), Mozambique (15.5%), Australia (12.5%), Tanzania (10.3%) and Afghanistan (8.2%) |
|   7134000 | Lentils (Masur)          | Canada (81.8%), Australia (6.2%), USA (4.2%), Netherlands (4.2%) and Singapore (2.6%)         |
|   7136000 | Tur (Arhar)              | Mozambique (44.2%), Myanmar (30.2%), Tanzania (14.0%), Malawi (5.5%) and Sudan (5.2%)         |

## Landed Cost of Major Pulses

|         |                  | 2018-19                   | 2018-19           |
|---------|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|
| HS Code | Description      | Landed Cost (Rs./quintal) | MSP (Rs./quintal) |
| 7132000 | Chickpeas (Gram) | 7319                      | 4620              |
| 7133110 | Urad             | 3989                      | 6975              |
| 7133190 | Moong            | 5177                      | 5600              |
| 7134000 | Lentils          | 4018                      | 4475              |
| 7136000 | Tur              | 3879                      | 5675              |

Source: Department of Commerce