The targeted production of pulses is 19 million tonnes and the 1st Advance Estimates of Kharif Pulses is 6.01 million tonnes for 2013-14, as per the 1st Advance Estimates of Foodgrains Production released by Department of Agriculture & Cooperation (DAC).
The demand for pulses as projected by the 12th Plan Working Group on Foodgrains of Ministry of Agriculture is around 21.77 million tonnes, implying a shortfall in domestic availability which may necessitate imports, as per information provided by Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Prof. K.V. Thomas.
The minister added that the gap between demand and supply, changes in international prices of pulses and changes in consumption pattern are mainly responsible for changes in the domestic prices of pulses.
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