Tur Output in Maharashtra Likely to Drop 40%
29-Oct-2025 12:19 PM
Pune. Due to extensive damage to the tur (pigeon pea), the most important pulse crop of the Kharif season, Maharashtra, a leading producer of tur (arhar), due to surplus rainfall,
waterlogging in fields, and severe floods, production is expected to decline by up to 40 percent. Growers and district agriculture officials say that the natural disaster has caused significant damage to the tur crop.
According to trade analysts, the decline in production in a top producing state like Maharashtra is likely to reduce the supply and availability of tur in the domestic market and may hamper the arrival of this important pulse in the coming months.
However, regular imports from Myanmar and African countries, especially Tanzania, Mozambique, and Malawi, will not pose much difficulty in meeting domestic demand and needs.
The average export offer price of tur in African countries is hovering around $550 (Rs 48,500) per tonne. This is expected to increase the import of cheaper tur into India.
The government has increased the minimum support price (MSP) of pigeon pea to ₹80,000 per tonne, while imports from abroad are coming in at much lower prices.
There will be no duty or quantitative control on pigeon pea imports until March 31, 2026, so Indian importers are free to import pigeon pea as per their choice.
Tanzania has seen a robust pigeon pea production this year and is making vigorous efforts to increase its exports to India.
According to official data, India produced a total of 35.61 lakh tonnes of pigeon pea during the 2024-25 marketing season, with Maharashtra accounting for the highest share of 13.25 lakh tonnes.
This year, the pigeon pea sowing area remained almost the same as last year, but the crop condition is not reported to be satisfactory.
Nationally, the area under pigeon pea production improved from 4.645 million hectares last year to 4.66 million hectares this year, and in Maharashtra, it also increased from 1.16 million hectares to 1.189 million hectares.
Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh account for over 90 percent of the country's pigeon pea production.