Tag: pulses

Heavy rains likely to spell trouble for tur crop

The recent spell of heavy rains will likely impact the tur (arhar/pigeon pea) crop in Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra and Gujarat

The Centre has launched a pilot project to transform 60 ration shops in 4 States as “Jan Poshan Kendras” or

Producers of Geographical Indication (GI) tagged tur dal (pigeon pea) in Karnataka’s Kalaburgi district have urged the Centre to fix

Indian growers have increased the acreage under tur (pigeon pea/arhar) by over a fourth till early August in the ongoing

Arrivals of the new moong crop have started in the markets of North Karnataka such as Gadag and Bagalkot as

The Government’s intent to drive self-sufficiency in production of pulses found a mention in the Union Budget presented on Tuesday.

Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday asked Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) scientists to carry out research on

Kharif sowing has gathered momentum over the past fortnight with farmers preferring pulses such as arhar (pigeon pea/tur) and urad

i India’s foodgrain output in the current crop year (July 2023-June 2024) has been estimated at 328.85 million tonnes (mt),

India’s pulses exports during 2023-24 declined 22 per cent in volume and 2.5 per cent in value terms on a