Lok Sabha Question No. 2523 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-03
Subject: Production of Pulses
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Soni, Vijay Baghel, Arun Sao

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2523

TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 rd  AUGUST, 2021

## PRODUCTION OF PULSES

†2523 . SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SONI: SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL: SHRI ARUN SAO:

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

- (a)  the total production of pulses, State-wise including Chhattisgarh during the last five years;
- (b)  whether the production of pulses has been decreasing in the last three years;
- (c)  if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  the reasons for continuous decline in production of pulses in the country;
- (e)  the steps taken by the Government to increase the production of pulses;
- (f)  whether the Government has decided to increase the buffer stock of various pulses in view of increasing prices and low production of pulses; and
- (g)  if so, the details thereof along with the criteria fixed for procurement of pulses for buffer stock?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कल् याण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a):    The  details  of  production  of  pulses  during the  last  five  years  in  the  country, State/UT-wise including Chhattisgarh is given at Annexure .
- (b)  to  (d):  No  sir.  The  production of  pulses  has  been increasing during the last 3 year i.e. 2018-19 to 2020-21.

(e): To  increase  the  production  of  pulses  the  NFSM-Pulses  programme  is  being implemented in 644 districts of 28 States and Union Territories (UTs) of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. Under NFSM-Pulses, incentives are given to the farmer for cluster  demonstration,  seeds  distribution  &  production  of  certified  seeds  of  High Yielding  Varieties  (HYVs),  farm  machineries/tools,  efficient  water  saving  devices, plant  protection  chemicals,  nutrient  management,  soil  ameliorants  and  training  to the farmers. Initiatives taken under NFSM (pulses) are as follow:-

-  Support for breeder seed production of pulses.
-  150  Seed  Hubs  created  at  ICAR  institutes,  State  Agriculture  Universities (SAUs)  and  Krishi  VigyanKendras  (KVKs)  for  increasing  certified  seeds production of pulses.
-  Distribution  of  seed  minikits  of  pulses  free  of  cost  to  the  farmers  of  the varieties notified within 10 years.
-  ICAR/KVKs/SAUs conduct the demonstrations on improved latest package of practices.
-  Assistance is provided to Central Seed Agencies to produce certified seed of latest varieties of pulses.
-  A new scheme 'Intercropping of pulses with sugarcane' was implemented in 12  States  namely-  Bihar,  Gujarat,  Haryana,  Karnataka,  Madhya  Pradesh, Maharashtra,  Odisha,  Punjab,  Tamil  Nadu,  Telangana,  Uttar  Pradesh  and Uttarakhand during 2018-19 and     2019-20.
-  Special  Action  Plan  for  increasing  pulses  productivity  was  implemented during 2019-20.
-  Launched Targeting Rice fallow Area (TRFA) programme under NFSM in 11 states.

(f) to (g): Under Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) the Government has increased the buffer target for pulses from 19.5 LMT in financial year 2020-21 to 23 LMT in the current  financial  year  2021-22.  Pulses  wise  target  (in  LMT)  under  PSF  are  as under:

| Pulses       |   Target during (in LMT) | 2020-21   |   Target during 2021-22 (in LMT) |
|--------------|--------------------------|-----------|----------------------------------|
| Tur          |                     10   |           |                               10 |
| Urad         |                      4   |           |                                4 |
| Chana        |                      3   |           |                                6 |
| Moong        |                      1   |           |                                1 |
| Masoor       |                      1.5 |           |                                2 |
| Total Pulses |                     19.5 |           |                               23 |

As  per  PSF  guidelines,  the  buffer  can  be  built  by  transferring  stock  procured  at MSP under Price Support Scheme (PSS), or by procuring at market price in case of insufficient  stocks  available  in  the  PSS  to  meet  the  buffer  requirement,  and  also through import, if required.

## Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No.2523 due for reply on 03.08.2021

## State/UT-wise Production of Pulses during 2016-17 to 2020-21

| State/UT          |         |          |          |          |          |
|-------------------|---------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| State/UT          | 2016-17 | 2017-18  | 2018-19  | 2019-20  | 2020-21* |
| AndhraPradesh     | 931.00  | 1217.43  | 739.59   | 1166.72  | 1185.43  |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 13.13   | 13.46    | 11.99    | 14.15    | #        |
| Assam             | 107.53  | 115.7    | 113.5    | 106.0    | 119.03   |
| Bihar             | 461.67  | 6 454.20 | 0 453.46 | 7 334.41 | 412.37   |
| Chhattisgarh      | 758.70  | 549.9    | 537.4    | 241.2    | 530.93   |
| Goa               |         | 4.82     | 6.32     | 3.86     | #        |
| Gujarat           | 818.00  | 922.5    | 681.3    | 1057.27  | 1759.93  |
| Haryana           | 75.91   | 69.36    | 82.13    | 64.38    | 77.68    |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 63.34   | 57.46    | 53.99    | 55.19    | 46.24    |
| Jammu&Kashmir     | 10.26   | 10.34    | 10.62    | 44.17    | #        |
| Jharkhand         |         | 836.7    | 735.1    | 814.9    | 908.93   |
| Karnataka         | 1737.90 | 1951.21  | 1773.86  | 2155.89  | 2170.89  |
| Kerala            |         | 2.05     | 2.31     | 2.18     | 1.70     |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 6291.29 | 8111.58  | 6045.41  | 4108.41  | 4364.74  |
| Maharashtra       |         | 3347.76  | 2682.54  | 3736.00  | 4224.87  |
| Manipur           | 30.29   | 30.03    | 29.51    | 25.19    | #        |
| Meghalaya         | 11.84   | 11.92    | 13.37    | 12.02    | #        |
| Mizoram           |         | 5.13     | 5.93     | 5.48     | #        |
| Nagaland          | 44.48   | 46.06    | 46.40    | 46.78    | #        |
| Odisha            | 479.07  | 429.62   | 412.09   | 432.46   | 415.94   |
| Punjab            | 33.00   | 26.46    | 27.67    | 29.20    | 39.87    |
| Rajasthan         | 3181.18 | 3405.37  | 3759.38  | 4497.13  | 4821.84  |
| Sikkim            | 5.45    | 5.11     | 4.81     | 5.04     | #        |
| TamilNadu         | 427.07  | 556.34   | 551.21   | 605.41   | 549.02   |
| Telangana         | 536.00  | 514.01   | 440.05   | 549.18   | 664.14   |
| Tripura           | 23.16   | 19.33    | 18.91    | 18.67    | #        |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 2184.39 | 2199.99  | 2408.01  | 2447.32  | 2621.15  |
| Uttarakhand       | 53.00   | 54.19    | 55.33    | 57.79    | 63.31    |
| WestBengal        | 259.52  | 443.77   | 368.40   | 384.89   | 412.84   |
| A&NIslands        | 0.47    | 0.18     | 0.15     | 0.30     | #        |
| D & N Haveli      | 5.71    | 2.46     | 4.28     | 2.43     | #        |
| Delhi             |         | 0.01     | 0.00     | 0.00     | #        |
| Daman& Diu        | 0.00    | 0.00     | 0.00     | 0.54     | #        |
| Puducherry        | 0.59    | 1.21     | 0.66     | 0.52     | #        |
| Others            | NA      | NA       | NA       | NA       | 184.81   |

| All India   | 23130.94   | 25415.92   | 22075.96   | 23025.25   | 25575.69   |
|-------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|

* As per 3rd Advance Estimates # included in others NA - Not Available

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