India's reliance on pulses import to go up

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India's reliance on pulses import to go up

India’s reliance on imported pulses could increase this year, due to a decline of around 10 per cent in tur production in the current kharif harvesting season due to pest and worm attacks.Total imports of pulses of all varieties stand at between 2.5 and 3.5 million tonnes (mt), constituting around 15 per cent of overall annual demand. Assocham estimates India’s pulses demand at 21 mt in 2012-13, which might go up to 21.42 mt in 2013-14 and 21.91 mt in 2014-15. Of this, total domestic production is 18 mt, of which tur, a premium variety, constitutes 15 per cent. Tur, a kharif grown pulse, is sown with the onset of monsoons in June, to be harvested in October. This year the onset of monsoon was delayed by two months, extending the season proportionately. The crop is now set for harvesting towards the end of November.

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