India's import of pulses rises around 90% annually to 47.38 lakh tonnes during 2023-24

01 Aug 2024 Evaluate

The government has said India's import of pulses rose around 90 per cent annually to 47.38 lakh tonnes during 2023-24 to meet domestic demand. In the same period, exports stood at 5.94 lakh tonnes. During 2022-23, imports of pulses stood at 24.96 lakh tonnes, while exports were 7.62 lakh tonnes.

The Minister of State for Agriculture Ram Nath Thakur said ‘All India production of pulses has increased from 163.23 lakh tonnes during 2015-16 to 244.93 lakh tonnes during 2023-24 (as per 3rd Advance Estimates)’.

In 2021-22, import of pulses stood at 26.99 lakh tonnes, while exports were at 3.87 lakh tonnes. During the last ten years i.e. 2014-15 to 2023-24 (as per 3rd Advance Estimates), total pulses and oilseeds production has increased by 43 per cent and 44 per cent, respectively.


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