(a) total production of pulses and oil seeds during each of the last three years and
current year, State-wise and Union Territory-wise;
(b) whether production of pulses and oil seeds has been less than the target fixed for
the above period;
(c) if so, the details and reasons therefor;
(d) the assistance provided to the States by the Union Government to increase the
production of pulses and oil seeds; and
(e) the steps being taken to increase the production of pulses and oil seeds?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
(SHRI SBPBK SATYANARAYANA RAO)
(a): State-wise/Union Territory-wise total production of Pulses and Oilseeds during the
last 3 years from 1996-97 to 1998-99 and for the current year 1999-2000 is given in the
Annexure.
(b)&(c): The targets and the achievements made in the production of Pulses and Oil
seeds for the last 4 years are as under:-
(in lakh tonnes)The reason for less achievement against the targets fixed for Pulses and Oil seeds is the unfavourable weather conditions prevailed in the country.
Pulses Oil Seeds
Year Target Achievement Target Achievement
1996-97 150.00 142.45 230.00 243.80 1997-98 150.00 129.70 255.00 213.20 1998-99 155.00 148.00 270.00 252.10 1999-2000 155.00 135.52 270.00 215.40
(Rs. in crores)(e): Two centrally sponsored schemes, namely, National Pulses Development Project
Year Pulses Oilseeds
1996-97 35.42 105.69 1997-98 34.31 104.56 1998-99 32.70 96.90 1999-2000 29.95 92.60
(In `000 tonnes) State PULSES OILSEEDS
1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 (Estimated) 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 (Estimated)
Andhra Pradesh 838.0 515.7 763.4 784.0 2396.2 1424.1 2264.5 1741.0 Arunachal Pr. 6.7 6.6 6.8 - 22.9 23.0 23.9 - Assam 68.4 64.5 69.2 80.0 159.8 173.9 154.8 227.0 Bihar 745.4 665.7 697.5 701.0 150.6 166.5 157.1 173.0 Goa 7.9 7.8 9.5 - 2.7 2.5 2.5 - Gujarat 663.8 613.3 633.5 496.0 3809.0 3834.0 3883.2 1972.0 Haryana 345.0 374.7 353.2 149.0 1004.8 423.2 714.3 719.0 Himachal Pr. 11.4 12.6 12.9 14.0 9.4 9.1 9.9 9.0 J & Kashmir 17.0 18.4 18.5 59.0 47.9 47.1 47.4 56.0 Karnataka 722.2 496.5 721.6 798.0 1756.4 1198.6 1813.6 1348.0 Kerala 14.6 27.6 27.1 32.0 11.8 10.1 10.4 15.0 Madhya Pradesh 3544.0 3282.2 3573.4 3683.0 5093.9 5687.8 5615.2 5325.0 Maharashtra 2036.8 1187.8 2254.9 2083.0 2395.9 1682.4 2650.5 2442.0 Manipur - - - - 1.5 1.0 1.2 - Meghalaya 2.5 2.5 2.5 - 5.9 5.9 5.8 - Mizoram 6.8 6.7 9.4 - 11.1 12.3 7.5 - Nagaland 13.6 12.5 13.9 - 21.5 24.8 35.4 - Orissa 225.9 286.5 263.9 285.0 167.4 191.2 176.6 162.0 Punjab 80.1 60.0 50.7 51.0 284.0 218.6 210.5 122.0 Rajasthan 1844.6 2634.9 2444.2 1102.0 3529.5 3299.9 3813.4 3158.0 Sikkim 6.0 5.9 5.6 - 7.6 7.6 5.1 - Tamil Nadu 232.8 244.2 471.5 618.0 1514.5 1476.7 2081.7 1715.0 Tripura 5.6 5.4 4.3 - 8.5 7.2 5.4 - Uttar Pradesh 2625.4 2285.2 2268.7 2311.0 1538.8 1006.4 1135.9 1755.0 West Bengal 171.5 151.6 126.1 251.0 429.6 387.7 381.9 565.0 A&N Island 1.0 1.7 0.5 - - - - - D&N Haveli 2.7 5.6 3.2 - 0.1 0.1 0.1 Daman & Diu 1.0 0.2 0.2 - - - - Delhi 0.1 1.0 1.0 - 0.8 0.7 0.7 Pondicherry 3.1 2.0 2.0 - 2.4 2.3 1.8 - others - - - 55.0 - - - 35.0
All India 14243.9 12979.3 14809.2 13552.0 24384.5 21324.7 25210.3 21539.0