In financial year 2022, about 53 grams of pulses was available per capita daily in India. This was an increase compared to the previous year. Rice and wheat had a higher per capita daily availability and had a higher consumption rate among food grains during the measured time period.
Striving for self-sufficiency
Being one of the largest populated countries in the world is accompanied with the conundrum of satisfying the resident consumer’s needs for food grains. Recent years have witnessed a steady growth in the demand for pulses in India. However, the production of pulses does not meet the consumable requirement of the country, wherein the deficit is fulfilled by imports. Since 2017, the volume of imports has steadily declined, which is in accordance with the governments initiatives to increase pulse production to provide for domestic consumption.
The effects of the Green Revolution
The agricultural populace of India traditionally integrated pulses into its inventory due to the ease of using self-procured seeds and the members of the family as labor to facilitate production without the dependence on external inputs. The green revolution focused on improving the production output of rice and wheat, thus isolating the agricultural lands for growing pulses. Consequently, pulses were grown in unirrigated conditions on marginal or sub marginal lands in India which includes the prominent states of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh. Though pulses are harvested both during the Rabi and the Kharif season, the Rabi harvest accounts for a larger share of the production volume.
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Union Budget (India). (January 31, 2023). Daily availability of pulses per capita across India from financial year 2011 to 2021, with an estimate for 2022 (in grams) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/980339/india-daily-availability-of-pulses-per-capita/
Union Budget (India). "Daily availability of pulses per capita across India from financial year 2011 to 2021, with an estimate for 2022 (in grams)." Chart. January 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/980339/india-daily-availability-of-pulses-per-capita/
Union Budget (India). (2023). Daily availability of pulses per capita across India from financial year 2011 to 2021, with an estimate for 2022 (in grams). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/980339/india-daily-availability-of-pulses-per-capita/
Union Budget (India). "Daily Availability of Pulses per Capita across India from Financial Year 2011 to 2021, with An Estimate for 2022 (in Grams)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/980339/india-daily-availability-of-pulses-per-capita/
Union Budget (India), Daily availability of pulses per capita across India from financial year 2011 to 2021, with an estimate for 2022 (in grams) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/980339/india-daily-availability-of-pulses-per-capita/ (last visited July 27, 2024)
Daily availability of pulses per capita across India from financial year 2011 to 2021, with an estimate for 2022 (in grams) [Graph], Union Budget (India), January 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/980339/india-daily-availability-of-pulses-per-capita/