GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
QUESTION NO 466
ANSWERED ON 25.11.2011
Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE be pleased to satate :-
(a) whether it is a fact that per capita availability of pulses in the country has declined to 34 grams from 66 grams during the last five decades;
(b) if so, the reasons for this sharp decline; and
(c) whether Government took any initiative to encourage cultivation of pulses, and if so, the details thereof and results achieved?
ANSWER
(a) & (b): The per capita availability of pulses since 1960 has been as follows:
Year Per capita net availability (Grams per day) Production (million tonnes)
1960 65.5 11.80
1970 51.9 11.69
1980 30.9 8.57
1990 41.1 12.86
2000 31.8 13.41
2010 31.6* 14.66
*Provisional
Despite the increase in production of pulses the per capita availability of pulses has declined due to higher increase in population compared to increase of production of pulses.
(c): In recent years a higher increase in the MSP for pulses, as compared to other crops, has been given in order to incentivise the production of pulses.
In addition, the Government implements schemes to increase the production and availability of pulses in the country namely National Food Security Mission – Pulses (NFSM-Pulses), Accelerated Pulses Production Programme, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) etc. Production of pulses has increased to 18.09 million tonnes in 2010-11.
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