1. NATIONAL CONFERENCE KHARIF 2015 Promotion of Pulses in Punjab State
Department of Agriculture, Punjab
Chandigarh

2. About Punjab: Area (geographical) : 5.04 m ha Net sown area: 4.2 m ha
Total cropped area: 7.9 m ha
Irrigated area: 4.09 m ha (98.3%)
Tubewells irrigated: 2.97 m ha (73%) through lakh tubewells
Canals irrigated : 1.11 m ha (27%)
Cropping intensity: 191%
Major Cropping Systems : Rice-Wheat;
Cotton-Wheat; and
Maize-Wheat.

3. AREA, PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY OF PULSES IN PUNJAB
Year
Area
(’000’hac.)
Production
(‘000’MT)
Productivity
(Kg./hac.)
414
308
743
341
204
598
149
111
745 60 45
750 32 25
781 27
844 28 23
821
893 64 59
922
107 98
916
125
115
920
134
828
116
100
870 *
170
145
850

4. CROP-WISE AREA SOWN POSITION OF PULSES DURING RABI 2014-15
Name of the pulses crop
TARGET FOR
Area
(000 ha.)
Prod.
(000 mt)
Yield
(Kg/ha)
(000 ha)
Av. Yield
Gram 2
2.3
1245 8 11
1375
Lentil 1
0.6
693 5 4
800
Field Peas
1.3
1400 10 14

5. CROP-WISE AREA SOWN POSITION UNDER PULSES DURING KHARIF 2013-14
Name of the pulses crop
TARGET FOR
Area
(000 ha.)
Prod.
(000 mt)
Yield
(Kg/ha)
Av.Yield
Moong (Kharif) 5 8
818 10 9
900
Moong (Zaid) 77 65
850 80 76
950
Mash 2 1
475 3
600
Mash (Zaid)
490
500
Arhar
907
1000

6. Area under Summer Moong during 2014-15
Sr. No.
District
Area in
ha. 1
Amritsar
7000 11
Faridkot
1600 2
Tarn Taran
8500 12
Fatehgarh Sahib
940 3
Gurdaspur
7200 13
Jallandhar
1500 4
Hoshiarpur
6000 14
Kapurthala
1200 5
Ferozepur
4500 15
Mansa
3000 6
Sangrur
8000 16
Mukatsar 7
Barnala
1400 17
Nawan Shahar
2050 8
Ludhiana
17400 18
Patiala
3500 9
Ropar 19
Moga
4600 10
Mohali
700 20
Bathinda
1800
Total
77090

7. PROMOTION OF PULSES UNDER SEED VILLAGE SCHEME
Sr. No.
Intervention
Achievements
Targets 1.
Village covered
500 2.
No. of farmers
25000 3.
Area Covered
5000 ha. 4.
Seed Supplied on 50 % Subsidy
1875/ qtl.
2000/ qtl.

8. FACILITIES PROVIDED TO THE FARMERS FOR PROMOTION OF PULSES
Seed of Summer Moong is provided on 25/- Kg. Under National Food Security Mission-Pulses.
Rs. 7500/- per hac Provided for demonstration.
4800/- hac is provided under A3P and Additional Area Coverage of Pulses Scheme.
Weedicides, Fungicides, Pesticides etc. are provided on or Rs. 500/- hac. whichever is less.
New Machinery is provided to the farmer on subsidy
subsidy is provided to the farmers under Seed Village Scheme for production of good quality of seed

9. PROBLEMS IN TRDITIONAL CROPING SYSTEM IN PUNJAB
LOWERING OF GROUND WATER TABLE
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION DUE TO HIGH INPUTS OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS AND PESTICIDES.
LOSS OF SOIL PRODUCTIVITY
PROCUREMENT PROBLEMS

10. BENEFIT OF PULSES PRODUCTION
IMPROVEMENT OF SOIL FERTILITY
REQUIREMENT OF LESS INPUTS
SAVE NATURAL RESOURCES
COMPONENT OF HUMAN DIET

11. SCOPE ENACTMENT OF PUNJAB PRESERVATION OF SUB SOIL WATER ACT -2009
AVAILABLE VARIETY FOR SUMMER MUNG
TIME OF SOWING
CROP -ROTATION
AVAILABILITY OF AREA

12. REASON FOR DECLINE IN AREA UNDER PULSES
PROBLEMS OF MARKETING AND FLUCTUATING PRICES LEAD TO UNCERTAINTY OF FARMERS.
CULTIVATING OF PULSES IS LESS REMUNERATIVE THAN THAT OF FOOD GRAIN CROPS SUCH AS WHEAT AND PADDY.
INADEQUATE AVAILABILITY OF SEED OF RECOMMENDED HIGH YIELDING VARIETIES.
LACK OF DISEASE/PEST RESISTANT AND SALT TOLERANT VARIETIES.
PULSES ARE NOT SURE CROPS AND PROVE TO SEVERAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS PEST & DISEASES ETC.

13. WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR INCREASING THE AREA UNDER PULSES
DESIGNATE AGENCY FOR ASSURED PROCUREMENT
NEW VARIETIES SHOULD BE DEVELOPED AND SEED OF THAT VARIETIES MADE AVAILABLE AT AFFORDABLE PRICE.
AWARENESS/PUBLICITY CAMPS FOR PROMOTION OF PULSES
ASSURED SUPPLY OF POWER WELL IN TIME
MECHANICAL HARVESTING/THRESHERS MADE AVAILABLE AT PACS.

14. THANKS

15. AREA TO BE COVERED UNDER SUMMER MOONG
Year
Target
Area (ha.)
Production
(MT)
First year
75000
60000
Second year
100000
80000
Third year
200000
160000
Fourth year
300000
240000
Fifth year
500000
400000

16. Name of the Project/Component
DETAILED COMPONENT-WISE CROP DIVERSIFICATION PROGRAM FOR
S. No.
Name of the Project/Component
Unit
Target
Achievement
Physical
Financial 1
Cluster demonstrations
Maize ha
83000
15500
271.29
Cotton
30000
0.00
Popular and Eucalyptus
50000
2966
Intercropping with Agro forestry
15000
750.00
Soyabean
2000
150.00
Sub-total
180000
18466 2
Farm Mechanization & Value Addition
Farm Machinery
No.
28061
2468
863.80
Community Maize Dryers No 5
Mechanical Cotton Pickers 3
95.70
Cotton Cleaners
115.00
28070
2473  3
Site Specific Activities
Underground Pipeline system
8000
1150
96.00
Demonstrations, Collection and analysis of soil
150000
6.00
Green Manuring through Daincha
100000
Supply of Gypsum
500.00
102.00 4
Contingency for Awareness training and Implementation
Cropping System based training
1000
70.00
Exposure Visit (Intra & Inter State) 86
290.10
16.05
Awareness through Print and Electronic Media
100.00
22.06
Misc Expenses at district 22
37.40
Misc Expenses at state
2.50
0.95
146.46
Total