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Pulses
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  • Temperature: Between 20-27°C

  • Rainfall: Around 25-60 cm.

  • Soil Type: Sandy-loamy soil.

  • Top Pulses Producing States: Madhya Pradesh > Rajasthan > Maharashtra > Uttar Pradesh > Karnataka.

  • India is the largest producer as well as the consumer of pulses in the world.

  • These are the major source of protein in a vegetarian diet.

  • Major pulses grown in India are tur (arhar), urad, moong, masur, peas and gram.

  • Being leguminous crops, all these crops except arhar help in restoring soil fertility by fixing nitrogen from the air. Therefore, these are mostly grown in rotation with other crops.

  • National Food Security Mission for Pulses, Pulses Development Scheme and Technological Mission on Pulses are few of the government’s plans to support pulses production.

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