Govt eyes 1.5 mt of additional pulses output in rabi season starting Oct

India's annual pulses consumption is estimated at 25 million tonnes

The government has set a target to achieve an additional output of 1.5 million tonnes during the rabi sowing season beginning October – November.

To achieve this target, the government plans to implement “targeting rice fallow area (TRFA)” in eastern India - Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal - covering about 80 per cent of rice fallow under pulses and 20 per cent under oilseeds crops during 2018-19. The government also plans to release funds under various schemes to promote pulses cultivation in the northeastern states where most of the agricultural land is used for a single crop