Lok Sabha Question No. 433 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-19
Subject: Production of Arhar and Urad
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: PRATHAP SIMHA, K. ASHOK KUMAR

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.433

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  19 TH  JULY, 2016

## PRODUCTION OF ARHAR AND URAD

433.   SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA: SHRI K. ASHOK KUMAR:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE   ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) the quantum of Arhar and Urad pulses produced in the country during each of the last three years and the current year along with the quantum of such pulses procured by the Union Government and State agencies during the said period, State/ UT-wise;
- (b) whether the production of such varieties of pulses is likely to decline during the current year and the steps that have been taken by the Government to import pulses to meet their shortage in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the  Indian  Institute  of  Pulses  Research  (IIPR)  is  working  towards  biointensification  of  pulse  based  cropping  system,  intensification  of  breeding  programme and resource conservation, mechanization and minimizing post harvest yield loss and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government is working upon climate risk management and efficient extension models for dissemination of pulse based technologies for farmers to make the pulse cultivation more productive and remunerative in the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  details  of  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  make  the  country self-sufficient in pulses?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã  ½ãñâ  Àã·¾ã  ½ãâ¨ããè (  SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

- (a):   State-wise details of production of Arhar and Urad in the country during 2011-12 to 2015-16 are at Annexure-I.

Under  the  Price  Support  Scheme  (PSS),  Government  agencies  undertake procurement as and when prices fall below the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs).   As the prices of Arhar (Tur) and Urad during 2014-15 onwards have remained above MSP, there was no requirement to procure the pulses under the PSS. Details of procurement of Arhar and Urad during 2013-14 are as under:-

('000 Tonnes)

| Urad          | Urad              | Arhar (Tur)    | Arhar (Tur)       |
|---------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
| State         | Quantity Procured | State          | Quantity Procured |
| Maharashtra   | 2.71              | Maharashtra    | 22.09             |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1.95              | Andhra Pradesh | 21.68             |

Under the Price Stabilization Fund (PSF), Government of India has designated Food Corporation of India (FCI) along-with National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) and Small Farmers' Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) for  procurement of pulses for creation of buffer stock of 50000 tonnes of pulses from kharif and 100000 tonnes of pulses from rabi crops of 2015-16 at market price.

State-wise details of procurement of Arhar and Urad by above agencies during 2015-16 under PSF are at Annexure-II.

(b): As the sowing window of kharif crops including pulses is still open, it is too early to  assess  their  production  during  the  current  year  i.e.  2016-17.  However,  the  annual production  of  pulses  in  the  country  has  been  falling  short  of  their  requirement  and shortage  is  met  through  imports.  In  order  to  stabilize  prices  of  pulses,  in  December 2015, the Government approved creation of buffer stock of 1.50 lakh tonnes of pulses through domestic procurement and imports.

(c): The Indian Institute  of  Pulses  Research  (IIPR)  under  ICAR  is  working  towards bio-intensification of pulse based cropping systems, intensification of breeding programme  and  resource  conservation,  mechanization  and  minimizing  post  harvest yield loss. The IIPR is engaged in a number of research programmes on development of micro-irrigation, resource conservation techniques, pulse based remunerative cropping  systems,  mechanization  in  pulses  cultivation  and  reduction  in  post  harvest losses etc.

(d): In order to address the issue of climate risk management in agriculture including pulses  (arhar,  moong  and  urad),  the  ICAR  is  implementing  an  ambitious  project  on 'National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA)' since February 2011. This mega project has three major objectives of strategic research, technology demonstrations and capacity building. The four modules of NICRA viz. natural resource management, improving soil health, crop production and livestock are aimed at making the farmers self-reliant.

(e): In order to increase production of pulses in the country, the Government of India has been implementing through State Governments, the National Food Security Mission (NFSM)-Pulses  since  2007-08.    From  2016-17,  NFSM-Pulses  has  been  extended  to 638 districts  of  29  States.  From  2015-16,  pulses  have  also  been  included  under  the scheme 'Bringing Green Revolution in Eastern India (BGREI) as part of demonstrations under cropping systems based approach to target rice fallow areas.

To encourage farmers to grow more pulses by ensuring remunerative prices, the Minimum  Support  Prices  (MSPs)  of  pulses  have  been  increased  over  the  years.  To incentivize cultivation of pulses in the country, over and above the MSPs, during 201617,  the  Government  has  also  announced  a  bonus  of    Rs.425/-  per  quintal  for  Kharif pulses, namely Arhar (Tur), Urad and Moong.

## Annexure-I

## State-wise Estimates of Production of Tur and Urad during 2010-11 to 2015-16.

| State/ UT        | Tur ('000 Tonnes)   | Tur ('000 Tonnes)   | Tur ('000 Tonnes)   | Tur ('000 Tonnes)   | Urad ('000 Tonnes)   | Urad ('000 Tonnes)   | Urad ('000 Tonnes)   | Urad ('000 Tonnes)   |
|------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| State/ UT        | 2012-13             | 2013-14             | 2014-15             | 2015-16*            | 2012-13              | 2013-14              | 2014-15              | 2015-16*             |
| 1                | 2                   | 3                   | 4                   | 5                   | 6                    | 7                    | 8                    | 9                    |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 98.0                | 103.5               | 76.0                | 129.0               | 320.7                | 229.9                | 298.0                | 376.0                |
| Assam            | 4.9                 | 5.6                 | 5.7                 | 5.0                 | 26.7                 | 31.3                 | 34.2                 | 36.0                 |
| Bihar            | 47.1                | 36.5                | 28.5                | 30.0                | 12.2                 | 14.1                 | 14.4                 | 13.5                 |
| Chattisgarh      | 32.3                | 31.2                | 33.8                | 41.2                | 30.2                 | 32.2                 | 30.5                 | 29.8                 |
| Gujarat          | 270.0               | 209.0               | 235.0               | 238.0               | 57.0                 | 55.0                 | 47.0                 | 45.0                 |
| Haryana          | 16.4                | 11.0                | 6.7                 | 5.0                 | 0.8                  | 0.6                  | 0.5                  | 0.6                  |
| Himachal Pradesh | NA                  | NA                  | NA                  | NA                  | 4.3                  | 3.6                  | 3.6                  | 11.0                 |
| Jammu & Kashmir  | NA                  | NA                  | NA                  | NA                  | 0.0                  | 5.1                  | 4.3                  | 0.0                  |
| Jharkhand        | 202.4               | 205.2               | 199.5               | 173.2               | 93.6                 | 88.3                 | 83.1                 | 72.1                 |
| Karnataka        | 366.3               | 587.5               | 474.0               | 294.0               | 53.0                 | 50.0                 | 21.0                 | 20.0                 |
| Kerala           | 1.9                 | 0.8                 | 0.5                 | 0.4                 | 0.0                  | 0.0                  | 0.0                  | 0.0                  |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 351.0               | 332.0               | 511.0               | 578.0               | 390.1                | 226.0                | 440.0                | 412.0                |
| Maharashtra      | 966.0               | 1034.0              | 726.0               | 561.1               | 213.0                | 206.0                | 92.0                 | 58.0                 |
| Odisha           | 128.5               | 124.4               | 123.8               | 123.9               | 37.4                 | 26.3                 | 27.6                 | 25.6                 |
| Punjab           | 2.8                 | 2.6                 | 2.4                 | 2.6                 | 1.0                  | 1.0                  | 1.2                  | 1.1                  |
| Rajasthan        | 14.8                | 9.4                 | 9.7                 | 6.7                 | 125.3                | 70.6                 | 112.2                | 114.6                |
| Tamil Nadu       | 31.1                | 57.7                | 77.0                | 58.6                | 88.4                 | 310.7                | 358.9                | 324.0                |
| Telangana        | 153.0               | 139.5               | 109.0               | 103.0               | 51.3                 | 17.1                 | 16.0                 | 15.0                 |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 325.0               | 271.0               | 174.0               | 238.0               | 380.0                | 248.0                | 302.0                | 253.3                |
| Uttarakhand      | 2.4                 | 2.7                 | 3.2                 | 3.0                 | 11.5                 | 11.5                 | 10.4                 | 9.0                  |
| West Bengal      | 2.1                 | 2.1                 | 2.9                 | 3.1                 | 44.9                 | 63.3                 | 53.3                 | 54.5                 |
| Others           | 6.7                 | 8.7                 | 8.5                 | 7.6                 | 29.5                 | 8.1                  | 9.2                  | 11.0                 |
| All India        | 3022.7              | 3174.4              | 2807.3              | 2601.3              | 1970.9               | 1698.6               | 1959.4               | 1882.1               |

## Annexure-II

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.433 due for reply on 19.07.2016

State wise Details of Procurement of Tur and Urad under Price  Stablization Fund (PSF) during Kharif 2015-16

Tur

Quantity in Tonnes)

| State          | FCI      | NAFED    | SFAC    | Total    |
|----------------|----------|----------|---------|----------|
| Andhra Pradesh | 314.75   | 0.00     | 0.00    | 314.75   |
| Telangana      | 7327.88  | 3589.15  | 0.00    | 10917.03 |
| Gujarat        | 509.51   | 0.00     | 0.00    | 509.51   |
| Karnataka      | 632.45   | 734.61   | 202.65  | 1569.71  |
| MP             | 4262.96  | 1786.27  | 3914.98 | 9964.21  |
| Maharashtra    | 7226.02  | 13890.76 | 1140.42 | 22257.20 |
| Total          | 20273.57 | 20000.79 | 5258.05 | 45532.41 |
| Urad           |          |          |         |          |
| State          | FCI      | NAFED    | SFAC    | Total    |
| Madhya Pradesh | 0.00     | 112.50   | 3122.90 | 3235.40  |
| Maharashtra    | 4.72     | 49.70    | 0.00    | 54.42    |
| Rajasthan      | 0.00     | 486.13   | 0.00    | 486.13   |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 0.00     | 1115.71  | 0.00    | 1115.71  |
| Total          | 4.72     | 1764.04  | 3122.90 | 4891.66  |

FCI : Food Corporation of India

NAFED : National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd.

SFAC :  Small Farmers' Agribusiness Consortium

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