Pulses Output

Pulses production projected to be the lowest in nine years

India imported 4.65 million metric tons of pulses in the year ended March 31, 2024, the highest since fiscal 2018, and up from 2.53 million tons imported a year ago

Contrary to popular perception, India has a trade surplus in agriculture and allied activities, which stood at $18.65 billion during 2022-23 against $15.92 billion in the previous year

Says pitching for self-sufficiency in pulses, but imports will have to continue for sometime

More interventions needed to boost pulses output

Area under paddy has gone up nearly 3 per cent so far in the ongoing kharif sowing season to 411.52 lakh hectare, while pulses acreage declined 5 per cent, according to the agriculture ministry data. Paddy acreage stood at 400.72 lakh hectare (LH) in the same period last year. As per the data released on Friday, area under pulses declined 5 per cent to 122.57 LH from 128.49 LH in the year-ago period. Acreage of coarse cereals increased marginally to 186.07 LH from 183.73 LH. Oilseeds sowing was down at 192.91 LH as against 196.08 LH. Groundnut area dipped to 43.89 LH from 45.51 LH while the acreage of soyabean rose to 125.59 LH from 124.77 LH. The agriculture ministry data showed that area under cotton decreased to 123.42 LH from 127.57 LH. However, sugarcane area was higher at 59.91 LH as against 55.66 LH in the year-ago period. The total acreage under the ongoing kharif (summer sown) season increased to 1,102.99 LH from 1,099.23 LH. Harvesting of kharif crops generally starts

The Union Food and Consumer Affairs Ministry on Monday asserted that it will continue to monitor domestic stocks of tur and urad dals, and take measures to ensure that traders disclose their inventories properly. According to an official statement, senior officers from the Department of Consumer Affairs visited 10 various locations across four states to interact and observe the stock disclosure status of tur and urad during the past few days. Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh took an internal meeting with these officers who visited major pulses markets and interacted with various market players. During the last week, a meeting with the All India Dal Mills Association in Indore was held on April 15. That apart, the department deputed 12 senior officers to visit various places in Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu to take stock of ground reality. "The interactions with ground-level market players and State officials revealed that while the number of ...

The India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA) on Saturday expressed shock over the government imposing stock limits on pulses till October, in a bid to prevent hoarding and check price rise.

In foodgrains, rice production is estimated to be 102.36 million tonnes, which is 0.37 per cent more than 2019-20

The production of cereals, pulses and oilseeds is estimated to decline by 1.95 per cent, 2.22 per cent and 13.48 per cent, respectively, in 2019-20 compared to last year, according to the report.

Nafed will supply the mills whole grains for processing and will get the processed dal for the government's planned distribution under PDS

Pulses production in India is lower than its annual demand of 23-24 million tonnes

The revision in estimate was much lower than what traders had thought