Lok Sabha Question No. 322 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-24
Subject: Production and Consumption of Pulses
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Dr. C M Ramesh

## Government of India

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 322

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2024

## PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF PULSES

## 322. SHRI C M RAMESH:

## 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 details of production and consumption of pulses in the country during each of the last five years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b) the average retail price of pulses, variety-wise, during the last three years, month-wise;
- (c) whether it has come to the notice of the Government regarding hoarding and illegal stock of pulses by millers, wholesalers, big retailers, importers, processors, online grocers, etc., which isone of the reasons for raise in prices of pulses;
- (d) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to see that the above is not hoard and stock more than the permitted limits;
- (e) whether vigilance or other officials from Ministry or its agencies physically check the stocks in millers, wholesalers, big retailers, importers, etc.; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k jkT; ea=h (श्री बी.एल. वर्मा )

## THE MINISTER OF STATE CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRI B.L.VERMA)

- (a) :      The details of state-wise production of pulses in the country during each of the last five years and the current year  and  State-wise  household  consumption  of  pulses  as  per  NSSO  Survey  2024  are  at Annexure-I and Annexure-II , respectively.
- (b) : The details of average retail price of pulse during the last three years, month wise is at Annexure -III.
- (c) to (f) :    The Government issued the Removal of Licensing Requirements, Stock Limits and Movement Restrictions on Specified Foodstuffs (First and Second Amendment) Orders, 2024 on 21.06.2024 and 11.07.2024 imposing stock limits on tur and chana mandating the stockholding entities, namely, retailers, wholesalers, millers, importers and bigchain retailers to bring their stocks to the prescribed limits by 12 th  July 2024. The Department of Consumer Affairs had, from April, 2024, issued directive to State Governments to enforce disclosure of pulses stocks on the web portal by all stockholding entities and closely monitor the stock positions. Senior officers of the Department visited major pulses producing States and pulses trading hubs across the country to interact with the State Governments and pulses industry and assess the ground situation. Series of meeting with States Food and Civil Supplies Department and also with traders, millers, importers, stockists and bigchain retails before and after the notification of stock limits on tur and chana. The State Governments have been directed to  enforce  the  stock  limits  and  take  action  on  entities  which  are  not  disclosing,  wrongfully  disclosing  or  breaching  the prescribed limits under Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and report action taken on regular basis.

Price control measures taken by Government together with robust progress in sown area under Kharif pulses this year (2024-25) have stabilised the market and the prices of Chana, Tur and Urad in major mandis had declined by up to 4% in past one month

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 322 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2024 REGARDING PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF PULSES.

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## State-wise Production of Pulses during last five year and current year

(in lakh metric ton)

| State            |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24* |
|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| Madhya Pradesh   |     60.45 |     41.08 |     52.95 |     56.95 |     62.67 |      61.8  |
| Maharashtra      |     26.83 |     37.36 |     43.21 |     50.24 |     46.35 |      40.01 |
| Rajasthan        |     37.59 |     44.97 |     42.52 |     40.53 |     36.17 |      36.33 |
| Uttar Pradesh    |     24.08 |     24.47 |     24.76 |     26.2  |     28.43 |      29.14 |
| Karnataka        |     17.74 |     21.56 |     20.65 |     19.72 |     17.57 |      16.77 |
| Gujarat          |      6.81 |     10.57 |     18.09 |     27.01 |     17.93 |      15.99 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |      7.4  |     11.67 |     10.95 |     10.54 |     10.76 |       8.82 |
| Jharkhand        |      7.35 |      8.15 |      9.05 |      8.98 |      7.61 |       7.18 |
| Tamil Nadu       |      5.51 |      6.05 |      4.72 |      4.99 |      5.03 |       4.17 |
| Telangana        |      4.4  |      5.49 |      5.9  |      5.76 |      4.97 |       3.4  |
| Odisha           |      4.12 |      4.32 |      4.31 |      4.81 |      4.95 |       5.11 |
| Chhattisgarh     |      5.37 |      2.41 |      4.48 |      3.87 |      4.75 |       3.85 |
| West Bengal      |      3.68 |      3.85 |      4.42 |      3.9  |      4.51 |       4.29 |
| Bihar            |      4.53 |      3.34 |      3.77 |      3.88 |      4.14 |       3.76 |
| Assam            |      1.13 |      1.06 |      1.09 |      1.11 |      1.11 |       1.13 |
| Haryana          |      0.82 |      0.64 |      0.73 |      1.06 |      0.8  |       0.54 |
| Uttarakhand      |      0.55 |      0.58 |      0.61 |      0.64 |      0.62 |       0.52 |
| Himachal Pradesh |      0.54 |      0.55 |      0.6  |      0.75 |      0.49 |       0.49 |
| Others           |      1.86 |      2.13 |      1.82 |      2.08 |      1.72 |       1.63 |
| All India        |    220.76 |    230.25 |    254.63 |    273.02 |    260.58 |     244.93 |

Source: Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 322 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2024 REGARDING PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF PULSES.

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| State-wise Annual Household Consumption of Pulses and Products as per NSSO Survey 2022-23.   | State-wise Annual Household Consumption of Pulses and Products as per NSSO Survey 2022-23.   | State-wise Annual Household Consumption of Pulses and Products as per NSSO Survey 2022-23.   | State-wise Annual Household Consumption of Pulses and Products as per NSSO Survey 2022-23.   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| States                                                                                       | Rural Consumption                                                                            | Urban Consumption                                                                            | Total Consumption                                                                            |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                                | 15.15                                                                                        | 4.35                                                                                         | 19.5                                                                                         |
| Maharashtra                                                                                  | 7.1                                                                                          | 6.37                                                                                         | 13.47                                                                                        |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                                   | 5.57                                                                                         | 5.35                                                                                         | 10.92                                                                                        |
| Bihar                                                                                        | 9.35                                                                                         | 1.28                                                                                         | 10.64                                                                                        |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                               | 6.33                                                                                         | 2.25                                                                                         | 8.58                                                                                         |
| Gujarat                                                                                      | 4.35                                                                                         | 3.83                                                                                         | 8.17                                                                                         |
| Karnataka                                                                                    | 4.68                                                                                         | 3.15                                                                                         | 7.83                                                                                         |
| West Bengal                                                                                  | 4.72                                                                                         | 2.67                                                                                         | 7.39                                                                                         |
| Kerala                                                                                       | 2.8                                                                                          | 2.62                                                                                         | 5.42                                                                                         |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                               | 3.84                                                                                         | 1.29                                                                                         | 5.12                                                                                         |
| Odisha                                                                                       | 3.79                                                                                         | 0.87                                                                                         | 4.66                                                                                         |
| Rajasthan                                                                                    | 3.2                                                                                          | 1.26                                                                                         | 4.46                                                                                         |
| Jharkhand                                                                                    | 2.57                                                                                         | 1.04                                                                                         | 3.62                                                                                         |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                 | 2.6                                                                                          | 0.92                                                                                         | 3.52                                                                                         |
| Punjab                                                                                       | 1.92                                                                                         | 1.14                                                                                         | 3.06                                                                                         |
| Assam                                                                                        | 2.27                                                                                         | 0.5                                                                                          | 2.77                                                                                         |
| Haryana                                                                                      | 1.35                                                                                         | 0.9                                                                                          | 2.25                                                                                         |
| Telangana                                                                                    | 1.53                                                                                         | 0.62                                                                                         | 2.15                                                                                         |
| Delhi                                                                                        | 0.08                                                                                         | 1.79                                                                                         | 1.88                                                                                         |
| Uttrakhand                                                                                   | 0.95                                                                                         | 0.41                                                                                         | 1.36                                                                                         |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                             | 1.2                                                                                          | 0.13                                                                                         | 1.34                                                                                         |
| Jammu &Kashmir                                                                               | 0.91                                                                                         | 0.38                                                                                         | 1.29                                                                                         |
| Goa                                                                                          | 0.14                                                                                         | 0.24                                                                                         | 0.38                                                                                         |
| Tripura                                                                                      | 0.19                                                                                         | 0.08                                                                                         | 0.28                                                                                         |
| Puducherry                                                                                   | 0.06                                                                                         | 0.15                                                                                         | 0.21                                                                                         |
| Meghalaya                                                                                    | 0.14                                                                                         | 0.05                                                                                         | 0.19                                                                                         |
| Manipur                                                                                      | 0.1                                                                                          | 0.04                                                                                         | 0.15                                                                                         |
| Chandigarh                                                                                   | 0                                                                                            | 0.13                                                                                         | 0.14                                                                                         |
| Nagaland                                                                                     | 0.08                                                                                         | 0.04                                                                                         | 0.12                                                                                         |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu                                                           | 0.05                                                                                         | 0.05                                                                                         | 0.11                                                                                         |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                            | 0.07                                                                                         | 0.03                                                                                         | 0.1                                                                                          |
| Sikkim                                                                                       | 0.05                                                                                         | 0.02                                                                                         | 0.06                                                                                         |
| Mizoram                                                                                      | 0.03                                                                                         | 0.03                                                                                         | 0.06                                                                                         |
| Andaman &NIsland                                                                             | 0.03                                                                                         | 0.02                                                                                         | 0.05                                                                                         |
| Lakshadweep                                                                                  | 0.01                                                                                         | 0.03                                                                                         | 0.04                                                                                         |
| Ladakh                                                                                       | 0.01                                                                                         | 0.01                                                                                         | 0.02                                                                                         |
| India                                                                                        | 87.24                                                                                        | 44.06                                                                                        | 131.3                                                                                        |

## ANNEXURE-III

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 322 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2024 REGARDING PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF PULSES.

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## All-India monthly average retail price of major pulses

(Rs/Kg)

|        |   Gram Dal |   Tur/Arhar Dal |   Urad Dal |   Moong Dal |   Masoor Dal |
|--------|------------|-----------------|------------|-------------|--------------|
| Jun-21 |      76.7  |          107.41 |     108.9  |      105.53 |        86.93 |
| Jul-21 |      75.17 |          105.66 |     106.85 |      102.99 |        87    |
| Aug-21 |      74.97 |          104.64 |     105.65 |      101.1  |        88.28 |
| Sep-21 |      75.71 |          105.42 |     106.61 |      101.61 |        92.15 |
| Oct-21 |      76.03 |          105.53 |     107.11 |      101.61 |        94.87 |
| Nov-21 |      76.24 |          104.86 |     107.47 |      102.6  |        96.47 |
| Dec-21 |      75.41 |          102.88 |     106.75 |      101.93 |        96.52 |
| Jan-22 |      74.56 |          102.04 |     105.91 |      101.55 |        96.71 |
| Feb-22 |      74.58 |          102.69 |     106.08 |      101.9  |        97.24 |
| Mar-22 |      74.55 |          103.26 |     105.2  |      102.29 |        97.36 |
| Apr-22 |      74.29 |          102.98 |     104.72 |      102.67 |        96.28 |
| May-22 |      74.07 |          102.79 |     104.75 |      102.63 |        96.58 |
| Jun-22 |      73.61 |          102.56 |     104.14 |      102.14 |        96.37 |
| Jul-22 |      73.3  |          103.66 |     104.37 |      101.7  |        96.2  |
| Aug-22 |      73.29 |          108.68 |     107.05 |      101.93 |        96.84 |
| Sep-22 |      73.41 |          111.32 |     108.19 |      102.75 |        96.55 |
| Oct-22 |      73.21 |          111.73 |     108.5  |      103.28 |        95.59 |
| Nov-22 |      73.57 |          112.74 |     108.66 |      103.69 |        95.76 |
| Dec-22 |      72.86 |          111.96 |     107.85 |      103.38 |        94.95 |
| Jan-23 |      72.49 |          111.46 |     107.13 |      103.44 |        94.19 |
| Feb-23 |      72.36 |          111.65 |     106.72 |      104.22 |        93.13 |
| Mar-23 |      72.6  |          113.47 |     107.17 |      105.06 |        92.78 |
| Apr-23 |      73.33 |          116.44 |     108.21 |      107.1  |        92.96 |
| May-23 |      73.97 |          119.24 |     109.33 |      108.36 |        92.59 |
| Jun-23 |      74.47 |          126.89 |     111.46 |      109.36 |        92.01 |
| Jul-23 |      74.8  |          134.13 |     113.63 |      110.49 |        92    |
| Aug-23 |      76.39 |          138.09 |     115.03 |      111.29 |        92.02 |
| Sep-23 |      80.48 |          146.29 |     117.22 |      113.63 |        93.41 |
| Oct-23 |      82.42 |          151.63 |     118.95 |      115.56 |        94.14 |
| Nov-23 |      83.45 |          155.2  |     122.37 |      116.54 |        94.25 |
| Dec-23 |      83.43 |          154.68 |     123.04 |      116.48 |        94.11 |
| Jan-24 |      82.83 |          150.47 |     122.54 |      116.13 |        93.66 |
| Feb-24 |      82.85 |          149.07 |     123.11 |      116.44 |        93.5  |
| Mar-24 |      83.6  |          149.17 |     123.82 |      117.19 |        93.4  |
| Apr-24 |      83.84 |          150.93 |     124.22 |      117.6  |        93.33 |
| May-24 |      84.93 |          155.11 |     125.38 |      118.03 |        93.42 |
| Jun-24 |      87.62 |          161.11 |     126.75 |      118.81 |        94.16 |