Spectacular increase of 11 lakh hectares in sowing area of ​​pulses crops

02-Aug-2024 08:30 PM

New Delhi. Due to weak monsoon rains last year, the production area of ​​pulses crops had decreased in the Kharif season and the drought in August and heavy rains in September-October also damaged the crops, which reduced its production.

As a result, the prices of Arhar (tuvar) and urad especially jumped to very high levels. In view of this, the sowing area of ​​pulses was expected to increase in the current Kharif season and fortunately the southwest monsoon not only reached the major producing areas on time but also there was regular good rain there. This gave a good opportunity to the farmers to increase the pace of sowing.

The latest data of the Union Agriculture Ministry shows that in the current Kharif season, till August 2, the total production area of ​​pulses has increased to 110.61 lakh hectares, which is 10.90 lakh hectares more than the sowing area of ​​99.71 lakh hectares during the same period last year.

Sowing of pulses is still going on in some areas. Within the last one week, pulses have been cultivated in about 8 lakh hectares. Due to this, the area of ​​​​tuvar is increasing rapidly, especially tur.

According to the available data, during the current Kharif season, compared to last year, the production area of ​​​​tuvar at the national level jumped from 33.27 lakh hectares to 41.89 lakh hectares and the sowing area of ​​​​moong increased from 28.15 lakh hectares to 31.62 lakh hectares, but contrary to expectations,

the area of ​​​​urad got stuck at 25.96 lakh hectares, down from 26.21 lakh hectares. The market price of urad is also running higher than the government support price. Similarly,

the production area of ​​Moth decreased from 8.90 lakh hectare to 7.86 lakh hectare and area of ​​Kulthi slipped from 20 thousand hectare to 16 thousand hectare while the sowing area of ​​other Kharif pulses improved from 2.99 lakh hectare to 3.11 lakh hectare.