Pariksha SaathiPulses Self-Reliance Mission Turns One: ₹11,440 Crore Plan Targets 350 Lakh Tonnes by 2030-31
The Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses completed its first year on 11 October 2026, and a PIB backgrounder released that day reviewed its progress. Launched on 11 October 2025 with an outlay of ₹11,440 crore for 2025-26 to 2030-31, the mission aims to make India self-sufficient in pulses, concentrating on tur (arhar), urad and masoor. Its 2030-31 targets are output of about 350 lakh tonnes, an average yield of 1,130 kg per hectare and 35 lakh hectares of additional area under pulses. For four years, from 2025-26 to 2028-29, NCCF and NAFED are authorised to buy the entire offered crop of these three pulses from registered farmers at MSP. Other planks include 87.5 lakh free seed kits over six years and 1,000 dal-processing units, of which 528 have already been allotted to states and UTs. Early numbers cited: pulse output rose to 274.09 lakh tonnes in 2025-26 (third advance estimates) from 256.83 lakh tonnes the year before, and the value of pulse imports fell by about 31.5%. MSPs for 2026-27 stand at ₹8,450 per quintal for tur, ₹8,200 for urad and ₹7,000 for masoor. India is the world's largest producer of pulses.
Drafted with AI assistance from the official PIB release linked above and checked against it by a second AI pass. Not line-edited by a human.
Learning context
Minimum Support Prices are announced by the Union Government on the recommendation of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP). The CACP began as the Agricultural Prices Commission, set up by a Government resolution on 8 January 1965, and was renamed CACP in March 1985. It is an attached office of the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and issues separate price-policy reports for kharif crops, rabi crops, sugarcane, copra and jute.
Reference: Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, official website
Check yourself: is the CACP a statutory body created by an Act of Parliament?
No. It was created by an executive resolution of the Government in 1965 and functions as an attached office of the Agriculture Department; its MSP recommendations are advisory, and the Government takes the final decision.
Revision task: from this item, separate the mission's targets for 2030-31 (production, yield, area) from the results already reported for 2025-26, so you do not mix up goals with achievements.
Test yourself
The Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses, which completed its first year on 11 October 2026, aims at about how much pulses output by 2030-31?
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Answer: 350 lakh tonnes
The mission (outlay ₹11,440 crore for 2025-26 to 2030-31) targets about 350 lakh tonnes, an average yield of 1,130 kg per hectare and 35 lakh hectares of additional area, concentrating on tur, urad and masoor.
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