Parliament Question: Progress of Aatmanirbharta Mission in pulses

O.I.H GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 152 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 13/02/2026 PROGRESS OF AATMANIRBHARTA MISSION IN PULSES 152. SHRI MITHLESH KUMAR Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE be pleased to state: (a) the number of pulses processing units approved up to December, 2025, under Aatmanirbharta Mission in Pulses along with the details of the units selected on priority basis in the first phase, State-wise; (b) the phased plan and timeline for distribution of 88 lakh free seed kits of high-yielding varieties of tur and masoor, along with the number of districts identified for this initial implementation; and (c) the extent of area that has, so far, been identified or mapped against the target of bringing an additional 35 lakh hectares under pulses cultivation? ANSWER MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE (SHRI SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN) (a) to (c): The Statement is laid on the Table of the House.STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (c) OF RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 152 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 13/02/2026 REGARDING ‘PROGRESS OF AATMANIRBHARTA MISSION IN PULSES’. (a): The Union Cabinet has approved a centrally sponsored scheme namely ‘Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses’ on 1st October, 2025 aimed at boosting domestic production and achieving self-sufficiency (Aatmanirbharta) in pulses over a six-year period, from 2025-26 to 2030-31, with a financial outlay of Rs. 11,440 Crore. Under the Post-harvest infrastructure component of the mission, a total of 1000 processing units have been approved for the mission period. Out of the 1000 processing units, in the first phase target of 528 processing units have been allotted to States and Union Territories. State wise target of processing units is at Annexure-I. (b): To increase the area and production of Pulses in the rice fallow areas and other diversifiable areas, the support is being provided through the distribution of free seed kit. Under the mission, 87.5 lakh seed kits are targeted to be distributed in 6 years as per the Annual Action Plan (AAP) submitted by States/UTs. 489 districts have been identified as focussed districts for clusters under pulses Mission. The identified districts may be modified in future based on local requirement and changing context. The list of crop-wise focussed districts in the country is at Annexure-II. (c): By 2030–31, the total area under pulses cultivation is projected to expand by 35 lakh hectares, comprising 24.5 lakh hectares in traditional areas and 10.5 lakh hectares in non-traditional area under pulses. The estimated area expansion under the Mission is seen at Annexure-III.Annexure-I The State-wise target of processing units under post-harvest infrastructure component under Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses in first phase is as under: (in Numbers) S.No States Processing Units (Dall Mills) 1 Andhra Pradesh 22 2 Arunachal Pradesh 10 3 Assam 25 4 Bihar 37 5 Chhattisgarh 22 6 Goa 5 7 Gujarat 28 8 Haryana 5 9 Himachal Pradesh 5 10 Jammu & Kashmir 5 11 Jharkhand 22 12 Ladakh 5 13 Karnataka 30 14 Kerala 5 15 Madhya Pradesh 55 16 Maharashtra 34 17 Manipur 5 18 Meghalaya 5 19 Mizoram 5 20 Nagaland 11 21 Odisha 16 22 Punjab 5 23 Puducherry 5 24 Rajasthan 30 25 Sikkim 5 26 Tamil Nadu 21 27 Telangana 16 28 Tripura 8 29 Uttar Pradesh 56 30 Uttarakhand 9 31 West Bengal 16 Total 528Annexure-II List of crop-wise focused districts for clusters under Pulses Mission State Crop State recommended Districts Andhra Pradesh Tur Anantpur, Nandyal, Palnadu, Prakasam, Sri Sathya Sai, Kurnool, YSR Kadapa, Bapatla, Chittoor, NTR Urad Bapatla, Eluru, Kakinada, Krishna, Nandyal, SPSR Nellore, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, West Godavari, YSR Kadapa,Anakapalli, Parvathipuram Manyam, Guntur Gram Bapatla, Kurnool, Nandyal, Prakasam, YS.R.Kadapa, Anantapur, Other Pulses Guntur, Bapatla, Srikakulum, Eluru,Vizianagaram, Krishna, NTR, Chittoor, Sri Satya Sai, Anantapur, Annamayya, ASR Arunachal Pradesh Tur Lower Dibang Valley, Upper Siang Urad West Siang, Masoor West Siang, Kamle, Papumpare Other Pulses Kra Daadi, Lepa Rada, West Kameng, Lohit, Lower Siang Assam Tur Baksa, Biswanath, Sonitpur, Karbi Anglong, Kokrajhar, Nagaon, Kamrup (R), Bongaigaon, Darrang, Goalpara, Dima Hasao, Barpeta Urad Dhubri, Chirang, Baksa, Darrang, Biswanath, W. Karbi Anglong, Karbi Anglong, Sonitpur, Bongaigaon, Dhemaji, Golaghat, Dima Hasao, South Salmara, Cachar, Lakhimpur, Barpeta, Majuli Masoor Kamrup (R), Baksa, Darrang, Morigaon, Sonitpur, Dhubri, Bongaigaon, Goalpara, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Nalbari, Kokrajhar, Karbi Anglong Gram Karbi Anglong, Baksa, W. Karbi Anglong Other Pulses Lakhimpur, Nalbari, Tinsukia, Darrang, Biswanath, Morigaon, Baksa, Kamrup (R), Dhubri, Karbi Anglong, Golaghat, Sonitpur, Goalpara, Bongaigaon, Nagaon, Majuli, Barpeta, Dibrugarh, Dima Hasao Bihar Tur Gaya ji, Purba Champaran, Jamui, Siwan, Nawada, Aurangabad, Baxur, Gopalganj, Mujaffarpur, Saran, Banka, Munger Urad Arwal, Begusarai, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya ji, Purbi Champaran, Aurangabad, Katihar, Mujaffarpur, Jamui, Khagadiya Masoor Arwal, Jehanabad, Lakhisarai, Nalanda, Pashchim Champaran, Patna, Sheohar, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Gaya, Jamui, Madhubani, Nawada, Sheikhpura, Purba Champaran, Sitamarhi, Arariya, Saharsa, Samastipur, Saran, Banka Gram Lakhisarai, Arwal, Aurangabad, Banka, Begusarai, Katihar, Khagaria, Kishanganj, Madhepura, Vaishali, Bhojpur, Rohtas, Nalanda, Bhabhua, Munger Other Pulses Jehanabad, Lakhisarai, Patna, Banka, Mujjafarpur, Nalanda, Purniya, Rohtas, Bhagalpur Chhattisgarh Tur Balrampur, Koriya, Kabeerdham, Jashpur, Surguja, Surajpur, Gariyaband, Bemetara, Khairagarh, Korba, Mungeli, Manendragarh, Kanker Urad Jashpur, Kondagaon, Koriya, Gariyaband, Mahasamund, Kabirhdam, Korba, Raigarh, Sarangarh, Surguja, Surajpur, Koriya, Balrampur, Narayanpur, Kanker Masoor Balrampur, Bametara, Rajnandgaon, Kabeerdham, Gariyaband, Balodabazar, Khairagarh, Raiqarh, Surguja, KankerGram Bametara, Durg, Kabeerdham, Mungeli, Rajnandgaon, Balod, Khairagarh, Dhamtari, Gariyaband, Raioarh. Surguja, Balrampur, Kanker Other Pulses Balodabazar, Gariyband, Dhamtari, Balod, Bemetara, Rajnandgaon, Kabirdham, Mungeli, Kanker, Raigarh, Surguja Gujarat Tur Bharuch, Chota Udaipur, Narmada, Panch Mahals, Surat, Vadodara, Tapi, Dang, Valsad, Ahmadabad, Junagadh, Rajkot, Surendranagar, Jamnagar, Aravalli, Gir Somnath, Dahod, Mahisagar, Sabarkantha, Panchmahal, Surat Urad Gir Somnath, Sabar Kantha, Dang, Aravalli, Mahesana, Patan, Valsad , Junagadh Gram Amreli, Bhavnagar, Botad, Devbhumi Dwarka, Ahmadabad, Dohad, Mahisagar, Patan, Surendranagar, Dang, Aravalli, Morabi, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Junagadh, Girsomnath Other Pulses Banaskantha Haryana Urad Yamunanagar, Ambala Masoor Yamunanagar, Karnal Gram Yamunanagar, Ambala Other Pulses Yamunanagar Himachal Pradesh Urad Chamba Other Pulses Chamba, Kinnaur Jammu & Kashmir Urad Kishtwar Other Pulses Srinagar Jharkhand Tur Bokaro, Chatra, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Giridih, Gumla, Hazaribagh, Jamtara, Ranchi, Sahibganj, Palamu, Garhwa Urad Godda, Lohardaga, Bokaro, Chatra, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Dumka, Ranchi, E.singhbhum, W.singhbhum, Sarikela, Latehar, Masoor Bokaro, Deoghar, Dumka, Garhwa, Godda, Gumla, Kodarma, Simdega, Sahibganj, Ranchi Gram Saraikela-Kharsawan, Simdega, Chatra, Gumla, Latehar, Lohardaga Other Pulses Ranchi, Latehar, Gumla, Khunti, Ramgarh, Deoghar, Koderma, Giridih Ladakh Other Pulses Leh Karnataka Tur Kalburgi,Vijayapura, Raichuru, Bidar, Yadgiri, Bagalkote, Koppal, Haveri, Belagavi,Chitradurga, Tumkur, Ballari,Vijayanagara, Chikkaballapura,Mysuru,Davangere, Kolar,Ramanagara, Bengaluru (R) &(U) Gadag,Hassan,Mandya,Chamarajanagara, Dharwad, Chikkamagaluru Urad Kalburgi, Bidar, Belagavi, Dharwad, Hassan, Mysuru, Udupi, Bagalkote, Chamarajanagara, Koppal,Mandya, Gadag, Tumkur, Ballari, Haveri, Yadgiri, Uttarkannada, Vijayapura Gram Dharwad, Gadag, Belagavi, Koppal, Bidar, Bagalkote,Vijayapura, Chitradurga, Raichuru, Kalburgi, Ballari, Davangere,Chikkamagaluru,Vijayanagara, Haveri, Chamarajanagara, Hassan, Mysuru, Tumkur, Yadgiri, Chikkaballapura Other Pulses Belagavi, Shivamogga, Dharawad, Uttarkannada, Chikkamagaluru, Haveri, Vijayapura, Kodugu Madhya Pradesh Tur Narsinghpur, Sidhi, Singroli, Raisen, Chindwada, Damoh, Betul, Panna, Jabalpur, Rewa, Chhatarpur, Umaria, Shahdhol,Burhanpur, Satna, Pandhurna, Khargone, Sagar, Alirajpur, Khandwa, Dindori, Anuppur, Mandlas Jhabua, Barwani, Seoni, Katni, Hosangabad, Morena, Sehore, Dhar Urad Damoh, Chhatarpur, Sagar, Tikamgarh, Panna, Shivpuri, Satna, Ashoknagar, Vidisha, Alirajpur, Niwari, Datia, Sheopur, Narsinghpur, Guna, Rewa, Jabalpur, Raisen, Sidhi, Shahdol, Mandsour, Singroli, Gwalior, Dindori, Seoni, Chindwada, Umaria, Barwani, Neemuch, Mandla, Jhabua, Anuppur, Mahuganj, Maihar, Katni, Harda, Hosangabad Masoor Sagar, Vidisha, Ashoknagar, Damoh, Rajgarh, Dindori, Narsinghpur, Raisen, Shivpuri, Panna, Shajapur, Anuppur, Mandla, Guna, Seoni, Agar Malwa, Mandsour, Rewa, Chhatarpur, Satna, Sehore, Jabalpur, Neemuch, Chindwada, Singroli, Katni, Umaria, Ratlam, Ujjain, Sidhi, Maihar, Tikamgarh, Datia, Mahuganj, Betul, Dewas, Hosangabad, Bhind Gram Agar Malwa, Alirajpur, Ashoknagar, Balaghat, Barwani, Bhind, Bhopal, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Damoh, Datia, Dewas, Dhar, Dindori, Guna, Gwalior, Harda, Hoshangabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jhabua, Katni, Khandwa, Khargone, Burhanpur, Mandla, Mandsaur, Mauganj, Morena, Murwara, Narsinghpur, Neemuch, Niwari, Pandhurna, Panna, Raisen, Rajgarh, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna, Sehore, Seoni, Shahdol, Shajapur, Sheopur, Shivpuri, Sidhi, Singrauli, Tikamgarh, Ujjain, Umaria, Vidisha, Anuppur West Nimar Other Pulses Chhatarpur, Jabalpur, Mandia, Dindori, Datia, Damoh, Panna, Seoni, Anuppur, Sagar, Chindwara, Singroli, Umaria, Bhind, Tikamgarh, Narsinghpur, Ashoknagar, Ujjain, Shahdol, Dhar, Betul, Vidisha, Gwalior, Shivpuri, Ratlam, Sidhi, Satna, Rewa, Niwari, Balaghat, Raisen, Katni, Maihar Maharashtra Tur Akola, Bid, Buldana, Chandrapur, Jalna, Nagpur, Parbhani, Wardha, Ahmadnagar, Dhule, Nashik, Pune, Raigarh, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Sindhudurg, Thane, Gadchiroli, Gondiya, Kolhapur, Amravati, Aurangabad, Bhandara, Hingoli, Jalgaon, Latur, Nanded, Nandurbar, Osmanabad, Palghar, Sholapur, Wasim Urad Ahmadnagar, Bid, Buldana, Osmanabad, Sangli, Akola, Dhule, Hingoli, Jalgaon, Nanded, Nandurbar, Palghar, Solapur, Yavatmal Masoor Akola, Amravati, Chandrapur Gram Akola, Buldana, Jalgaon, Jalna, Nagpur, Wardha, Washim, Ahmadnagar, Amravati, Aurangabad, Bid, Chandrapur, Hingoli, Latur, Nanded, Osmanabad, Parbhani, Solapur, Yavatmal, Gondiya, Kolhapur, Palghar, Raigarh, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Thane, Ahmadnagar, Amravati, Akola, Buldana, Jalgaon, Gadchiroli Other Pulses Jalgaon, Ahmednagar, Solapur, Satara, Sangli Meghalaya Masoor West Garo Hills Gram West Garo Hills Other Pulses East Khasi Hills, West Khasi Hills, West Garo Hills Nagaland Other Pulses Kohima, Dimapur, Mokokchung, Phek, Wokha, Zunheboto, Tuensang, Mon, Peren, Kipheri, Longleng, Odisha Tur Rayagada, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Bolangir, Kandhamal, Gajapati.Urad Cuttack, Gajapati, Ganjam, Jajapur, Kendrapara Malkangiri, Nayagarh, Nuapada, Puri, Rayagada Masoor Bolangir, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Subarnapur Gram Nuapada, Kalahandi, Balangir, Bargarh Other Pulses Bolangir, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Bargarh Puducherry Urad Yanam, Karaikal, Mahe Rajasthan Tur Banswara Urad Ajmer, Baran, Bhilwara, Bundi, Dungarpur, Kota, Sawai Madhopur, Tonk Masoor Bhilwara, Bundi, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunun, Sikar, Pratapgarh, Deeg Gram Baran, Bhilwara, Chittaurgarh, Dausa, Dungarpur, Jaipur, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunun, Kota, Pali, Pratapgarh, Sawai Madhopur, Sikar, Tonk, Udaipur, Ajmer, Bikaner, Churu, Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Banswara, Nagaur, Beawar, Phalodi, Bundi Other Pulses Barmer, Tonk, Nagaur, Jaipur, Pali, Ajmer, Churu, Dausa, Balotra, Bikaner, Deedwana, Kuchaman, Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhunjhunun, Jodhpur,Sikar Tamil Nadu Tur Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Tiruppattur, Vellore Urad Kallakurichchi, Pudukkottai, Thanjavur, Tirunelveli, Tiruvannamalai, Viluppuram, Ariyalur, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Mayiladuthurai, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi, Tiruvarur, Dharmapuri, Tiruchirapalli, Salem Other Pulses Theni, Salem, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Tiruvallur Telangana Tur Kumuram Bheem Asifabad, Adilabad, Jogulamba Gadwal, Mahabubnagar, Narayanpet, Ranga Reddy, Sangareddy, Siddipet, Vikarabad, Wanaparthy, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, Kamareddy, Nirmal, Nagarkurnool Urad Wanaparthy, Nagarkurnool, Sangareddy Gram Adilabad, Kamareddy, Nirmal, Sangareddy, Nizambad, Jogulamba Gadwal, Vikarabad Other Pulses Khammam, Vikarabad, Sangareddy Tripura Tur Dhalai Urad Dhalai, West Tripura, Unakoti, Gomati, North Tripura Other Pulses Dhalai, West Tripura, South Tripura, Khowai, Sepahijala Punjab Tur Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana Gram Fazilka Moong Bathinda, Fazilka, Mansa, Moga Uttar Pradesh Tur Banda, Prayagraj, Chitrakoot, Fatehpur, Mirzapur, Hamirpur, Sonbhadra, Jaunpur, Kaushambi, Pratapgarh, Sultanpur, Kanpur Dehat, Azamgarh, Aligarh, Balrampur, Kanpur nagar, Jalaun, Ghazipur, Raebareily, Ballia, Bulandshahar, Amethi, Santravidasnagar, Varanasi, Gonda, Deoria, Bahraich, Chandauli, Sitapur, Gorakhpur, Hathras, Basti, Ambedkarnagar, Ayodhya, Santkabirnagar, Unnao, Auraiya, Guatambudhnagar, Mau, Etawah Urad Budaun, Jalaun, Lucknow, Pratapgarh, Sambhal, Amethi, Hamirpur, Hardoi, Jhansi, Kanpur Nagar, Lalitpur, Mahoba, Raebareli, Unnao, Agra, Banda, Sitapur, Shahjahanpur, Barabanki, Fatehpur, Kanpurdehat, Jaunpur, Moradabad, Auraiya, Lakhimpurkheri, Amroha, Ayodhya, Sonbhadra, Varanasi, RampurMasoor Bahraich, Ballia, Ghazipur, Gonda, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Prayagraj, Shahjahanpur, Sultanpur, Balrampur, Banda, Barabanki, Chitrakoot, Hamirpur, Kheri, Mahoba, Mahrajganj, Mirzapur, Shrawasti, Sitapur, Sonbhadra, Hardoi, Bareilly, Badaun, Kushinagar, Sidhharthnagar Gram Banda, Chitrakoot, Fatehpur, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Jhansi, Kanpurdehat, Kanpurnagar, Kaushambi, Mahoba, Sonbhadra, Prayagraj, Lalitpur, Mirzapur, Raebarely, Jaunpur, Auraiya, Sulatanpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Azamgarh, Pratapgarh, Ballia, Unnao, Amethi Other Pulses Jhansi, Jalaun, Lalitpur, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Bareily, Azamgarh, Sultanpur, Jaunpur, Amethi, Mirzapur, Basti, Prayagraj, Ambedkarnagar, Pratapgarh, Santkabirnagar, Sonbhdra, Ghazipur, Banda, Gonda, Barabanki, Ballia, Siddharthnagar, Kanpurdehat, Varanasi, Ayodhya Uttarakhand Urad Pauri Garhwal, Nainital, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarkashi, Almora, Pithoragarh, Udham Singh Nagar Masoor Champawat, Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, Tehri Garhwal Other Pulses Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarkashi West Bengal Urad Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia, Purulia, North 24Parganas Masoor Malda, Bankura, Coochbehar, Hooghly, Purulia, Uttar Dinajpur, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur, Purba Bardhaman, Purba Medinipur, Alipurduar, Birbhum, Dakshin Dinajpur, Murshidabad, Nadia Gram Murshidabad, Birbhum, Purulia, NadiaAnnexure-III Projected Area Expansion of Pulses (in lakh ha) Expansion in Expansion in Current Area Target Area Crop Non-Traditional Traditional (2023-24) (2030-31) Area Area Tur 41 2.7 6.3 50 Urad 35 0.9 2.1 38 Masoor 17 1.5 3.5 22 Moong 53 1.5 3.5 58 Other Pulses 33 1.5 3.5 38 Gram 96 2.4 5.6 104 Total Pulses 275 10.5 24.5 310 ******