COMMODITY
Govt sets target to increase pulses production by 40% till 2030-31 crop year
Oct-10-2025

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that government has set a target to increase pulses production by 40 percent to 350 lakh tonne by 2030-31 crop year. Recently, the government approved a six-year central scheme aimed at achieving self-sufficiency in pulses production, with a financial outlay of Rs 11,440 crore. The 'Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses' will be for the period from 2025-26 to 2030-31.

Chouhan said the pulses production would be increased over the next six years by increasing the area under coverages as well as raising the crop productivity. The government has identified 100 blocks where the productivity is very low compared with the national average. The pulses mission aims to boost production and make India self-sufficient.

He noted that by 2030-31, the government will increase the pulses acreage to 310 lakh hectares from the current 275 lakh hectares. The government also kept the target to increase pulses output to 350 lakh tonnes from 242 lakh tonnes in 2023-24. In the 2024-25 crop year (July-June), the pulses production is estimated to have risen to 252.38 lakh tonnes. The crop productivity would be enhanced to 1,130 kg per hectare from the average yield of 881 kg per hectare.

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