The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a six-year central scheme aimed at achieving self-sufficiency in pulses production, with a financial outlay of Rs 11,440 crore.
The “Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses”, approved by the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will be for the period from 2025-26 to 2030-31. The mission follows Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement in the 2025-26 Budget.
The mission will particularly focus on increasing production of tur, urad and masur, with assured procurement by government agencies National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (Nafed) and National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India Ltd (NCCF) from registered farmers.
“We are going to start a mission on pulses for six years. Several initiatives will be taken under this,” Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told reporters after the Cabinet meeting.
Under the mission, the government has set a target to increase pulses .The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a six-year central scheme aimed at achieving self-sufficiency in pulses production, with a financial outlay of Rs 11,440 crore.
The “Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses”, approved by the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will be for the period from 2025-26 to 2030-31. The mission follows Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement in the 2025-26 Budget.
The mission will particularly focus on increasing production of tur, urad and masur, with assured procurement by government agencies National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (Nafed) and National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India Ltd (NCCF) from registered farmers.
“We are going to start a mission on pulses for six years. Several initiatives will be taken under this,” Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told reporters after the Cabinet meeting.
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