Pulses in India: Consumption, Demand and Supply Conditions

It is puzzling that, in spite of major efforts by Indian government, India could not able to become self-sufficient in pulses and higher prices of pulses became a larger political issue year-after-year. Keeping this, the book critically examined the Indian pulses production, consumption, demand and supply, trade and policy scenario. The trends in consumption pattern, production technology, and demand and supply gap by 2025 for each pulse crop with special emphasis on chickpea, pigeonpea, moong, urd and masur were presented. The book provides both technological and policy solutions to bridge the growing demand supply gap and to make India become self-sufficient in pulses production. The book can be a good reference for crop scientists, social scientists, agricultural economists and also policy makers to understand the pulses sector in India.