Lok Sabha Question No. 1044 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-08
Subject: Increase in Prices of Pulses
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Ramcharan Bohra

## Government of India Department of Consumer Affairs

## ORIGINAL IN HINDI

## Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1044 (OIH)

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2023

## INCREASE IN PRICES OF PULSES

1044.  SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA: (OIH)

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has paid its attention to unexpected increase in the prices of various pulses;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the year-wise and the State-wise production, quantity and availability of pulses during the last three years;
- (d) whether the Government has formulated any scheme for procurement of pulses with the objective of minimising the effect of the scarcity of pulses;
- (e) if so, the details thereof;
- (f) the country-wise details of the quantity of pulses imported and the price of the pulses during the said period; and
- (g) the steps taken to become self-reliant in the field of pulses production?

## ANSWER

## miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k jkT; ea=h ( lk/oh fujatu T;ksfr )

## THE MINISTER OF STATE CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a) & (b)  : Department of Consumer Affairs monitors the daily retail and wholesale prices of 22 essential food commodities, including pulses, submitted by the 450 price monitoring centres that have been set up with Central assistance by the State Governments and UT Administrations across the country. The daily report of prices and indicative price trends are duly analysed for taking appropriate decisions such as release of stocks from the pulses buffer, stock disclosure by stockholding entities, imposition of stock limits, import policy etc.

- (c) : The year-wise and State-wise production of pulses during the last three years is at Annexure-I .
- (d) & (e) : The  Government  implements  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Annadata  Aay  Sanrakshan  Abiyan  (PMAASHA) scheme under which pulses are procured at Minimum Support Price (MSP) to ensure remunerative prices to farmers for increasing production and productivity. In addition, the Government also procures pulses from the farmers under the Price Stabilisation Fund (PSF) for the buffer. Stock of pulses are maintained in the PSF buffer to stabilise the volatility in prices, discourage hoarding and unscrupulous speculation and protect the consumer by making it available at reasonable prices through calibrated release of stock in the market and supplies to States for welfare schemes.
- (f) : Country-wise  details  of  the  quantity  of  pulses  imported  and  corresponding  values  of  the imports are at Annexure II.
- (g) : To increase pulses production, the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DAFW) implements the National Food Security Mission Programme (NFSM) in identified districts across the country. The NFSM-Pulses is being implemented in 644 districts of 28 States and 2 Union Territories of the country (J&K  and  Ladakh).  Under  NFSM-Pulses  assistance  is  given  to  farmers  for  interventions  like  cluster demonstrations on improved package of practices, demonstrations on cropping system, distribution of seeds of High  Yielding  Varieties  (HYVs)/  hybrids,  improved  farm  machineries/  resource  conservation  machineries/ tools,  efficient  water  application  tools,  plant  protection  measures,  nutrient  management/  soil  ameliorants, processing  and  post-harvest  equipment,  cropping  system  based  trainings  to  the  farmers  etc.  through  State Governments.  In  addition,  the  certified  seeds  of  High  Yielding  Varieties  (HYVs)/  hybrids  of  pulses  are provided in the form the seed minikits free of cost to the farmers.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1044 FOR 08.02.2023 REGARDING INCREASE IN PRICES OF PULSES

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| Production of Total Pulses   | Production of Total Pulses   | Production of Total Pulses   | Production of Total Pulses   |
|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| State/UT                     | 2019-20                      | 2020-21                      | (in '000 Tonnes) 2021-22*    |
| Andhra Pradesh               | 1166.72                      | 1094.61                      | 1088.03                      |
| Arunachal Pradesh            | 14.15                        | 14.3                         | #                            |
| Assam                        | 106.07                       | 108.7                        | 118.63                       |
| Bihar                        | 334.41                       | 376.85                       | 363.73                       |
| Chhattisgarh                 | 241.28                       | 447.52                       | 387.53                       |
| Goa                          | 3.86                         | 3.75                         | #                            |
| Gujarat                      | 1057.27                      | 1809.16                      | 2688.97                      |
| Haryana                      | 64.38                        | 72.66                        | 105.61                       |
| Himachal Pradesh             | 55.19                        | 60.2                         | 60.45                        |
| Jammu &Kashmir               | 44.17                        | 10.08                        | #                            |
| Jharkhand                    | 814.94                       | 905.36                       | 898.04                       |
| Karnataka                    | 2155.89                      | 2065.03                      | 1967.87                      |
| Kerala                       | 2.18                         | 1.92                         | 1.47                         |
| Madhya Pradesh               | 4108.41                      | 5294.7                       | 6032.5                       |
| Maharashtra                  | 3736                         | 4321.23                      | 5192.41                      |
| Manipur                      | 25.19                        | 29.37                        | #                            |
| Meghalaya                    | 12.02                        | 12.04                        | #                            |
| Mizoram                      | 5.48                         | 5.94                         | #                            |
| Nagaland                     | 46.78                        | 47.14                        | #                            |
| Odisha                       | 432.46                       | 431.17                       | 462.92                       |
| Punjab                       | 29.2                         | 31.08                        | 73.23                        |
| Rajasthan                    | 4497.13                      | 4252.02                      | 4019.39                      |
| Sikkim                       | 5.04                         | 4.95                         | #                            |
| Tamil Nadu                   | 605.41                       | 472.47                       | 473.04                       |
| Telangana                    | 549.18                       | 589.75                       | 540.52                       |
| Tripura                      | 18.67                        | 20.26                        | #                            |
| Uttar Pradesh                | 2447.32                      | 2475.89                      | 2562.87                      |
| Uttarakhand                  | 57.79                        | 61.31                        | 63.08                        |
| West Bengal                  | 384.89                       | 441.91                       | 427.05                       |
| A &NIslands                  | 0.3                          | 0.26                         | #                            |
| D &NHaveli                   | 2.43                         |                              | #                            |
| Delhi                        | 0                            | 0                            | #                            |
| Daman &Diu                   | 0.34                         | 0                            | #                            |
| UT of Ladakh                 |                              | 1.1                          | #                            |
| Puducherry                   | 0.52                         | 0.41                         | #                            |
| Others                       | NA                           | NA                           | 164.73                       |
| All India                    | 23025.25                     | 25463.12                     | 27692.05                     |

Source: Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (f) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1044 FOR 08.02.2023 REGARDING INCREASE IN PRICES OF PULSES.

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## Country-wise details of the quantity of pulses imported and corresponding values

|               | 2019-20               | 2019-20              | 2020-21               | 2020-21              | 2021-22               | 2021-22              |
|---------------|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
| COUNTRY       | Quantity (Metric Ton) | Value (US $ Million) | Quantity (Metric Ton) | Value (US $ Million) | Quantity (Metric Ton) | Value (US $ Million) |
| AFGHANISTAN   | 8435                  | 8                    | 498                   | 1                    | 22252                 | 24                   |
| ALGERIA       | 121                   | 0                    |                       |                      |                       |                      |
| ARGENTINA     | 22099                 | 10                   | 5583                  | 2                    | 10443                 | 9                    |
| AUSTRALIA     | 123518                | 54                   | 146487                | 84                   | 157933                | 124                  |
| AUSTRIA       | 6269                  | 2                    |                       |                      |                       |                      |
| BANGLADESH PR |                       |                      | 5                     | 0                    |                       |                      |
| BRAZIL        | 40409                 | 33                   | 24206                 | 23                   | 57771                 | 72                   |
| BULGARIA      | 3206                  | 1                    | 568                   | 0                    |                       |                      |
| CANADA        | 1079362               | 404                  | 963687                | 523                  | 526729                | 411                  |
| CHINA P RP    | 49984                 | 52                   | 38688                 | 46                   | 15676                 | 25                   |
| DJIBOUTI      | 17198                 | 11                   | 13337                 | 11                   | 10946                 | 11                   |
| EGYPT A RP    |                       |                      | 498                   | 0                    |                       |                      |
| ETHIOPIA      | 36979                 | 21                   | 13494                 | 11                   | 18980                 | 18                   |
| GEORGIA       | 1                     | 0                    |                       |                      |                       |                      |
| GERMANY       | 1526                  | 1                    | 1131                  | 0                    |                       |                      |
| GREECE        | 1                     | 0                    |                       |                      |                       |                      |
| HONG KONG     |                       |                      | 360                   | 0                    |                       |                      |
| IRAN          | 195                   | 0                    | 345                   | 0                    | 468                   | 0                    |
| IRAQ          |                       |                      | 47                    | 0                    |                       |                      |
| ITALY         | 464                   | 0                    | 40                    | 0                    |                       |                      |
| JAPAN         |                       |                      | 21                    | 0                    |                       |                      |
| KENYA         | 1367                  | 1                    | 31838                 | 29                   | 27394                 | 23                   |
| KYRGHYZSTAN   | 570                   | 1                    | 226                   | 0                    | 1015                  | 1                    |
| LEBANON       | 0                     | 0                    |                       |                      | 0                     | 0                    |
| LITHUANIA     | 7453                  | 3                    |                       |                      |                       |                      |
| MADAGASCAR    | 6875                  | 5                    | 2240                  | 2                    | 2940                  | 3                    |
| MALAWI        | 47075                 | 29                   | 3433                  | 2                    | 61563                 | 44                   |
| MALAYSIA      | 189                   | 0                    |                       |                      | 265                   | 0                    |
| MALDIVES      |                       |                      |                       |                      |                       |                      |
| MEXICO        | 824                   | 1                    | 3010                  | 1                    | 413                   | 0                    |
| MOLDOVA       | 123                   | 0                    |                       |                      |                       |                      |
| MOROCCO       | 120                   | 0                    |                       |                      |                       |                      |
| MOZAMBIQUE    | 215033                | 140                  | 176214                | 126                  | 382993                | 290                  |

| MYANMAR         | 484963   | 338   | 446501   | 379   | 859925   | 759   |
|-----------------|----------|-------|----------|-------|----------|-------|
| NEPAL           | 15       | 0     |          |       |          |       |
| NETHERLAND      | 1346     | 0     |          |       | 265      | 0     |
| NETHERLANDANTIL |          |       |          |       |          |       |
| NICARAGUA       |          |       | 364      | 0     |          |       |
| NIGER           |          |       | 108      | 0     |          |       |
| NIGERIA         | 981      | 1     | 971      | 1     | 741      | 1     |
| PAKISTAN IR     | 100      | 0     |          |       |          |       |
| PHILIPPINES     | 125      | 0     |          |       |          |       |
| POLAND          |          |       |          |       |          |       |
| QATAR           | 36       | 0     | 24       | 0     |          |       |
| ROMANIA         | 930      | 0     |          |       |          |       |
| RUSSIA          | 174424   | 59    | 72199    | 31    | 209      | 0     |
| RWANDA          | 0        | 0     |          |       | 120      | 0     |
| SAUDI ARAB      | 96       | 0     | 23       | 0     | 62       | 0     |
| SINGAPORE       | 16443    | 8     | 13392    | 10    | 25145    | 22    |
| SOUTH AFRICA    | 4770     | 5     | 6491     | 7     | 6710     | 7     |
| SPAIN           |          |       | 40       | 0     | 20       | 0     |
| SRI LANKA DSR   | 122      | 0     | 13397    | 8     | 1950     | 1     |
| SUDAN           | 38176    | 23    | 72282    | 47    | 89446    | 70    |
| SWITZERLAND     | 555      | 0     |          |       |          |       |
| TAIWAN          |          |       |          |       | 0        | 0     |
| TANZANIA REP    | 167751   | 103   | 300935   | 194   | 354453   | 263   |
| THAILAND        | 692      | 1     |          |       | 96       | 0     |
| TURKEY          | 122084   | 45    | 29618    | 17    | 6956     | 8     |
| TURKMENISTAN    |          |       |          |       | 150      | 0     |
| U ARAB EMTS     | 33153    | 14    | 33955    | 23    | 29772    | 23    |
| U K             | 1853     | 1     | 48       | 0     | 1        | 0     |
| U S A           | 80448    | 36    | 31821    | 18    | 2885     | 2     |
| UGANDA          | 2542     | 1     | 13804    | 9     | 18796    | 15    |
| UKRAINE         | 91057    | 25    | 1906     | 1     | 175      | 0     |
| UNSPECIFIED     | 48       | 0     | 19       | 0     | 25       | 0     |
| URUGUAY         |          |       |          |       | 87       | 0     |
| UZBEKISTAN      | 1107     | 1     | 600      | 1     | 1524     | 2     |
| VENEZUELA       | 4597     | 4     | 1705     | 1     | 2400     | 2     |
| VIETNAM SOC REP | 207      | 0     |          |       |          |       |
| ZAMBIA          | 61       | 0     |          |       |          |       |
| Total           | 2898078  | 1440  | 2466159  | 1612  | 2699694  | 2229  |

Source: Directorate of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce.

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