Lok Sabha Question No. 3346 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-23
Subject: Average Productivity of Pulses
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Shashi Tharoor

## Government of India

## Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Department of Consumer Affairs

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3346

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2022

## AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY OF PULSES

3346.  DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

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

- (a) the annual quantity of pulses in million tonnes required in the country to achieve zero hunger or meet the minimum protein requirement in the next decade;
- (b) whether the Ministry has calculated average productivity, in production per hectare of the various pulses needed to achieve zero hunger or minimum protein requirement for the next decade and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the details of the average productivity of pulses grown in India and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Ministry is aware that the different varieties of pulses released by the Government are not performing as per the claimed productivity of even the lower yielding varieties; and
- (e) if so, the measures taken to increase productivity to meet zero hunger goals?

## ANSWER

## miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k jkT; ea=h (श्री अश्विनी क ु मार चौबे)

## THE MINISTER OF STATE CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (e)  :      As  per  the  report  of  Working  Group  constituted  by  NITI  Aayog  on  Demand  and  Supply Projections  Towards  2033  -  Crops,  Livestock  and  Agricultural  Inputs  (February  2018),  the  demand  for pulses is projected to increase from 26.72 million tonnes in 2021-22 to 32.64 million tonnes in 2029-30. The estimated production of pulses in 2021-22 as per the Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare (DA&FW) is 26.96 million tonnes.

The  Department  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers'  Welfare  implementsthe  National  Food  Security Mission (NFSM), a Centrally Sponsored Scheme,which aims at increasing production of rice, wheat, pulses, coarse  cereals  and  nutri-cereals  through  area  expansion  and  productivity  enhancement  in  the  identified districts  of  the  country;  improving  soil  fertility,  farm  level  productivity  besides,  transfer  of  technology through demonstrations and trainings, incentives on critical inputs like quality seeds, water saving devices, farm  equipment  and  machinery  etc.Under  NFSM-Pulses,  incentives  are  given  to  the  farmers  for  cluster demonstrations, seed distribution and production of certified seeds of High Yielding Varieties (HYVs), farm machineries/tools,  efficient  water  saving  devices,  plant  protection  chemicals,  nutrient  management,  soil ameliorants and trainings to the farmers. Thepulse-wise yieldof major pulses from 2016-17 to 2021-22 is given at Annexure .

To boost agricultural productivity, theGovernment is implementing various schemes for supply of farm inputs such as seeds, fertilizers, agricultural machinery  and  equipment,  irrigation facilities, institutional  credit,  etc.,  at  subsidized  rates  to  the  farmers.  Further,  Government  has  taken  steps  for increasing  investment  in  agriculture  sector  which  include  creation  of  Agricultural  Infrastructure  Fund (AIF), Long Term Irrigation Fund (LTIF), Micro Irrigation Fund for water use efficiency, promotion of commercial organic farming, etc. Moreover, under the revamped Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) namely, RKVY-RAFTAAR (Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and Allied sector Rejuvenation), 50 per cent of the regular outlay has been earmarked for infrastructure and assets.

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ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3346 FOR 23.03.2022 REGARDING AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY OF PULSES

## Pulse-wise yield of major pulses from 2016-17 to 2021-22

| Crop                | Season   |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   Average (2016-17 to 2020-21) |   2021-22^ |
|---------------------|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------------------------|------------|
| Tur (Arhar)         | Kharif   |       913 |       967 |       729 |       859 |       914 |                            876 |        825 |
| Gram                | Rabi     |       974 |      1078 |      1041 |      1142 |      1192 |                           1085 |       1221 |
| Urad                | Kharif   |       626 |       632 |       500 |       359 |       469 |                            517 |        513 |
|                     | Rabi     |       656 |       798 |       796 |       904 |       778 |                            786 |        866 |
|                     | Total    |       632 |       662 |       546 |       459 |       538 |                            567 |        586 |
| Moong               | Kharif   |       488 |       440 |       466 |       519 |       522 |                            487 |        523 |
|                     | Rabi     |       546 |       600 |       727 |       645 |       833 |                            670 |        808 |
|                     | Total    |       500 |       477 |       516 |       548 |       601 |                            528 |        596 |
| Lentil              | Rabi     |       838 |      1047 |       901 |       847 |      1017 |                            930 |        973 |
| Other Kharif Pulses | Kharif   |       409 |       441 |       365 |       491 |       478 |                            437 |        437 |
| Other Rabi Pulses   | Rabi     |       867 |       957 |       897 |       954 |       986 |                            932 |       1028 |
| Pulses              | Kharif   |       667 |       668 |       546 |       585 |       642 |                            622 |        614 |
|                     | Rabi     |       898 |      1015 |       976 |      1045 |      1097 |                           1006 |       1122 |
|                     | Total    |       786 |       853 |       757 |       823 |       885 |                            820 |        888 |

Source: D/o Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

(Kg/Hectare)