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Pulses in India have a special role in meeting the protein requirement of predominantly vegetarian population. They form an integral part of diet as source of protein. These crops have additional advantage for sustainable agriculture, because of their soil enriching capabilities and varied use as feed and fodder.
India is one of the major pulse growing countries in the world. The production of pulses in India in 2001-02 was 13.19 million tonnes, which was about 27-28% of the world production. Among the different pulses grown in the country, the respective share of production has been : chickpea (bengal gram / chana) 40.50% ; pigeon pea (tur /arhar) 17.90%; green gram (moong) 9.20%; black gram ( urad) 9.10% ; lentils ( masur) 6.10% and other minor pulses 17.20%. Among the important states engaged in growing pulses have been : Madhya Pradesh 22.90% ; Uttar Pradesh 18.12% ; Maharashtra 14.25% ; Rajasthan 10.84%; Andhra Pradesh 8.64% ; Karnataka 5.76% and others 19.49% . Thus about 80.51% of the pulses supply is contributed by five major states. Off late the production and area under pulses cultivation in the country has been stagnated.
