India's pulses imports rose to a record 4.1 million tonns (mt) in Fiscal Year 2014-15 as erratic monsoon affected output and the recent unseasonal rains affected the standing rabi crop as well. In the corresponding period of 2013-14 fiscal, pulses imports were 3.17 mt, valued at Rs 11,084 crore.
Pulses imports breached the 2012-13 record high of 3.8 mt during April-January period of the last fiscal valued at Rs 14,978 crore.