Global meet urges India to augment pulses production to meet nutritional needs
- February 16, 2024
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Global meet urges India to augment pulses production to meet nutritional needs
Subject: Geography
Section: Economic geography
Context:
- The Global Pulses Conference, an annual meeting of pulse producers, processors and traders, has suggested India to augment production of pulses to meet the nutritional requirements.
More on news:
- Ministers Arjun Munda and Piyush Goyal said the Centre has taken adequate measures to improve pulses cultivation in the country by increasing the minimum support price regularly.
- The two-day conference is jointly organized by the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) and the Global Pulse Confederation (GPC).
- India will benefit from the global conference with sharing of the best practices and technological advancements in the field from other countries.
Recent trends of Pulses:
- India is the largest producer, consumer and importer of pulses in the world.
- Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka are the top five pulses producing States.
- Over the last decade pulses production has grown by 60% from 171 lakh tonnes in 2014 to 270 lakh tonnes in 2024.
- The partnership between NAFED and GPC will continue to grow to make pulses not only India’s wonder-diet but to make the wonder-diet of the world.
- The Centre has assured a price of 50% over the actual cost of production to our farmers, thereby providing an attractive return on investment.
- The MSP is the highest today with increases as high as 117% in masoor, 90% in moong, 75% more in chana dal, 60% more in tur and urad over the amount provided a decade back.
- India has become self-reliant in chickpeas (chana) and many other pulses crops, with only a slight deficiency remaining in pigeon peas (tur) and black gram.
- Consistent efforts are being made to attain self-sufficiency in pulses by 2027.
- The government has increased the supply of new varieties of seeds, while also focusing on expanding cultivation of tur and black gram.