Moong-Moth, Urad Sowing Up; Tuvar Area Lags Behind
19-Aug-2025 11:09 AM
New Delhi. Although the production area of Kharif pulses crops has gone ahead of last year after fluctuating, the area of the most important pulse- Arhar (Tuvar) is still lagging behind. Data of the Union Agriculture Ministry till 15 August 2025 shows that the total production area of pulses crops has improved to 109.52 lakh hectares,
which is 1.13 lakh hectares more than last year's sowing area of 108.39 lakh hectares, but 20.09 lakh hectares less than the five-year average area of 129.61 lakh hectares. Sowing of Kharif pulses crops has reached its final stage. According to official data, compared to last year,
during the current Kharif season, the production area of moong at national level jumped from 32.76 lakh hectare to 33.70 lakh hectare, the sowing area of urad increased from 19.90 lakh hectare to 20.82 lakh hectare, area of moth increased from 8.70 lakh hectare to 9.14 lakh hectare and area of horse gram improved from 17 thousand hectare to 20 thousand hectare, but the production area of tuvar decreased from 43.54 lakh hectare to 42.20 lakh hectare. The area of other pulses crops improved from 3.32 lakh hectare to 3.46 lakh hectare.
The data obtained clearly shows that this year the production area of all Kharif pulses crops is lagging far behind the five-year average.
The situation of tuvar and moong is better than urad in this matter. For example, this time the normal average area of Tuvar has been estimated to be 44.71 lakh hectares and Moong to be 35.69 lakh hectares, whereas their sowing area has reached 42.20 lakh hectares and 33.70 lakh hectares respectively.
On the other hand, the normal average area of Urad has been fixed at 32.69 lakh hectares, whereas its area has reached only 20.82 lakh hectares.
Although the condition of pulse crops during Kharif season is generally considered satisfactory, there are reports of damage to crops due to heavy rains, waterlogging in fields and floods in the areas.
The rainy season is still continuing. Although there has been a good increase in the minimum support price of Tuvar and Urad, farmers are not showing the expected interest in its cultivation. This may hamper the government's efforts to achieve self-sufficiency in pulses.