Overview

• The Pulses Aatmanirbharta Mission, with a Rs 11,440 crore outlay for 2025–26 to 2030–31, targets 310 lakh hectares under pulses, 350 lakh tonnes of output, and 1,130 kg per hectare productivity by 2030–31.
• The government committed to 100% procurement of registered farmers’ pulses at the Minimum Support Price, with Nafed and NCCF leading purchases to stabilise incomes and plantings.
• To lift yields and seed access, 1.26 crore quintals of certified seed will be distributed and 88 lakh mini seed kits will be provided to growers.
• Value-chain capacity will be expanded through 1,000 pulse processing units, each eligible for a Rs 25 lakh subsidy to support post-harvest handling and local value addition.
• The Rs 24,000 crore PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana will focus on 100 low-productivity districts with irrigation, storage, credit and crop diversification interventions under NITI Aayog monitoring, with rollout beginning this rabi and continuing through 2030–31.