In September, Government think-tank Niti Aayog had recommended strategies and pathways to be adopted by government to make India self-sufficient, (Atmanirbhar) in pulses by 2030.
The central government is trying to achieve self-sufficiency in the production of pulses in the country, highlighted Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan during his review meeting of Kharif Crops in Delhi.
Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the Central Government is committed to procure tur, Urad and Masur at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) to ensure crop diversification and achieve self-sufficiency in pulse production.
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah has appealed to the farmers to focus on the production of pulses to make India self-reliant in this sector before December 2027
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): More than 20 lakh mini-kits of seeds are proposed to be distributed amounting to Rs 82.01 crores to attain self-sufficiency in the production of pulses, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare informed on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], Feb 10 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday said that the government is aiming to make India surplus in pulses production and added that its various steps to increase pulses production is yielding results.
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 19 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has called for increasing the acreage and productivity of pulses for achieving self-sufficiency and urged agricultural universities to step up research on improving their yields.