1. PULSE PRODUCTION PROGRAMME IN PUNJAB presented by Gurdial Singh Joint Director Agriculture Punjab Department of Agriculture, Punjab Chandigarh

2. Basic Agricultural Characteristics of the Punjab State Total population: 27.5 million Population in rural areas: 66% Geographical area: 5.03 m ha Net sown area: 4.2 m ha Cropping intensity: 189% Irrigated area: 97% -Through groundwater:74% Per capita income: Rs 35,700 Punjab is the food basket of India producing about 20% of country’s wheat and 9% rice with 1.5% geographical area. Punjab is the food basket of India producing about 20% of country’s wheat and 9% rice with 1.5% geographical area.

3. AREA, PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY OF PULSES IN PUNJAB Year Area (’000’hac.) Production (‘000’MT) Productivity (Kg./hac.) 1970-71414308743 1980-81341204598 1990-91149111745 2000-016144750 2005-063225781 2006-073227875 2007-082823721 2008-092825892 2009-106459917 2010-1110798920 2011-12*125115925

4. AREA UNDER SUMMER MOONG DURING 2010-11 Sr. No. DistrictArea in ha. Sr. No. DistrictArea in ha. 1Amritsar700011Faridkot1600 2Tarn Taran850012Fatehgarh Sahib940 3Gurdaspur720013Jallandhar1500 4Hoshiarpur600014Kapurthala1200 5Ferozepur450015Mansa3000 6Sangrur800016Mukatsar1500 7Barnala140017Nawan Shahar2050 8Ludhiana1740018Patiala3500 9Ropar120019Moga4600 10Mohali70020Bathinda1800 Total77090

5. CROP-WISE AREA SOWN POSITION OF KHARIF PULSES DURING KHARIF 2011 Name of the pulses crop Target Area (000 ha.) Sown Area (000 ha.) (Tentative) Diffrence 123(3-2) Pigeon pea45+1 Green Gram810+2 Mash33-

6. CROP-WISE PRODUCTION OF KHARIF PULSES DURING KHARIF 2011 Name of the pulses crop Prod. Target (000 mt) Prod. (000 mt) (Tentative) Diffrence 123(3-2) Pigeon pea46+2 Green Gram710+3 Mash12+1

7. CROP-WISE AREA SOWN POSITION OF KHARIF PULSES DURING RABI 2011-12 Name of the pulses crop 2010-11TARGET FOR 2011-12 Area (000 ha.) Prod. (000 mt) Yield (Kg/ha) Area (000 ha.) Prod. (000 mt) Av.Yield (Kg/ha) Gram55.751150561200 Lentil21.2562532660 Field Peas 44.601150561200

8. AREA UNDER SUMMER MOONG DURING 2011-12 Name of the pulses crop 2010-11Target 2011-12 Area (000 ha.) Prod. (000 mt) Yield (Kg/ha) Area (000 ha.) Prod. (000 mt) Yield (Kg/ha) Summer Moong 776585010095950

9. PROGRESS OF PULSE PRODUCTION SCHEMES  All the pulse production schemes are implemented for promotion of summer moong.  Under Seed Village Scheme 100 villages shall be covered during 2011-12 for the production of quality seed. During 2010-11 the no. of villages was 64.

10. REQUIREMENT OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS  Five units under A3P may be allocated for the promotion of summer moong for the year 2011-12  A sum of Rs. 2.73 crore is required for this purpose.