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How much pulses does India produce?

27.4 million tonnes
2025-26▲ 1.7 vs 2024-25

DA&FW · released 27 May 2026 · next due by 1 Jan 2027

How much pulses does India produce?
PeriodValue (million tonnes)
2025-2627.4
2024-2525.7
2023-2424.2
2022-2326.1
2021-2227.3
2020-2125.5
2019-2023.0
2018-1922.1
2017-1825.4
2016-1723.1
2015-1616.3

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India's pulses production was 27.4 million tonnes in 2025-26, compared with 25.7 million tonnes in 2024-25 (Agriculture Ministry estimates). Source: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW), Third Advance Estimates of Production of Food Grains, Oilseeds & Commercial Crops 2025-26, time series.

Cite as: Advance and final estimates of production of foodgrains, oilseeds and commercial crops (Ministry of Agriculture), 2025-26

What this shows

  • India's pulses production is estimated at 27.4 million tonnes in 2025-26 (third advance estimates), up from 25.7 million tonnes in 2024-25 and back near the 2021-22 high of 27.3 million tonnes.
  • Gram (chana) is the biggest pulse at 12.5 million tonnes, then moong (4.5), tur/arhar (3.6), urad (2.2) and lentil (1.8) in 2025-26. Most pulses are a rabi crop: 16.9 million tonnes.
  • The Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses (2025-26 to 2030-31) aims to raise production to 350 lakh tonnes (35.0 million tonnes) by 2030-31.

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Advance and final estimates of production of foodgrains, oilseeds and commercial crops (Ministry of Agriculture), 2025-26

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Source and method

Source
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW), Third Advance Estimates of Production of Food Grains, Oilseeds & Commercial Crops 2025-26, time series
Table
Total Pulses (18 = 12+13+14+15+16+17), Total row, lakh tonnes ÷ 10; as on 27.05.2026 (2015-16 to 2024-25 final, 2025-26 third advance estimates)
Released
27 May 2026
Retrieved
20 Oct 2026
Next due
by 1 Jan 2027
Processing
Published in lakh tonnes; divided by 10 to give million tonnes. Nothing else computed.
Licence
GODL-India
What exactly is measured

Production of pulses (tur/arhar, gram, urad, moong, lentil and other pulses) in million tonnes, kharif, rabi and summer seasons together, from the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. The latest year is the third advance estimate and will be revised; earlier years are final estimates.

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  1. 11 periods, latest 2025-26: 27.4 million tonnes · first snapshotArchived sourcec44f956127ca
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  • 27.4 million tonnes2025-26, third advance estimates

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