CURRENT AFFAIRS
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Description
The Indian government has developed a new program to promote domestic cultivation of pulses such as lentils and encourage farmers to plant them rather than traditional crops. It intends to increase India's pulse output in order to achieve self-sufficiency and eliminate large annual imports.
Key Details Of The Scheme
5-Year Price Assurance
Under the scheme announced by Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, government agencies, including the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) and the National Cooperative Consumers Federation (NCCF), would sign 5-year contracts with farmer collectives willing to grow pulses, ensuring procurement at pre-determined Minimum Support Prices (MSP).
Replacing Acreage Of Wheat And Rice
The program focuses on replacing portions of area previously given to wheat and rice with pulses and oilseeds by reducing financial risk for farmers transitioning to new crops.
Developing Domestic Capacity
With India importing 30-35 lakh tonnes of lentils, pigeon peas, and black gram per year, coordinated measures to increase local capacity can help lower import bills and associated vulnerabilities over time.
Roadmap For Urad And Tur
As part of the preparation, Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda stated that large-scale on-field demo projects will begin in the 2023 Kharif season to familiarize farmers with strategies for increasing Urad and Tur dal production, with the goal of self-sufficiency by 2027.
Exponential Production Growth
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal noted that India has managed to boost its annual pulses output from 170 lakh tonnes in 2014 to 270 lakh tonnes in 2023, representing a 60% quantum leap in only a decade and emphasizing policy triumphs.
He also stated that pulse procurement has increased 18 times over the last decade, with a quantum jump in the MSP of all pulses.
Price Support Increase
Furthermore, pulse purchase at MSP pricing has increased 18 times in the last ten years. MSP rates for all pulses have also increased significantly, in line with cultivation costs and inflation indexes.
The concept was announced at the Global Pulse Confederation (GPC) congress, Pulses 24, which was attended by elite international and domestic athletes.
The Indian government is also collaborating with Brazil and Argentina on urad imports, as relying on just one supplier poses a risk.
About NAFED AND NCCF
The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) and the National Cooperative Consumer Federation of India Ltd (NCCF) are the umbrella organizations for the cooperative network in rural India. They intend to promote farmer-producer organizations and direct agri-commodity procurement in order to maintain stable crop prices and agricultural incomes.
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