India imported 19.63 lakh tonnes of pulses during April-October this fiscal to meet domestic demand, the government said
During April-October this fiscal year, India exported 26.08 lakh tonnes of basmati rice and 73.18 lakh tonnes of non-basmati rice.
Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda provided the Lok Sabha with export statistics for the main food grains in a written response.
The data shows that for the full 2022–2023 fiscal year, 45.61 lakh tonnes of basmati rice were exported, compared to 177.92 lakh tonnes of non-basmati rice shipments.
In 2018–19, 44.15 lakh tons of basmati rice were exported; in 2019–20, 44.55 lakh tonnes; in 2020–21, 46.30 lakh tonnes; and in 2021–22, 39.44 lakh tonnes.
76.48 lakh tonnes of rice (apart from basmati) were exported in 2018–19; 50.56 lakh tonnes in 2019–20; 131.49 lakh tonnes in 2020–21; and 172.89 lakh tonnes in 2021–22, according to the data.
In 2022–2023 India produced 1,357.55 lakh tonnes of rice, compared to 1,294.71 lakh tons in the previous year.
India imported 19.63 lakh tonnes of pulses during April-October this fiscal to meet domestic demand, the government said.
In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda informed that pulses imports stood at 24.96 lakh tonnes during 2022-23, 27 lakh tonnes in 2021-22, 24.66 lakh tonnes in 2020-21, 28.98 lakh tonnes in 2019-20 and 25.28 lakh tonnes in 2018-19.
The production of pulses stood at 220.76 lakh tonnes in 2018-19, 230.25 lakh tonnes in 2019-20, 254.63 lakh tonnes in 2020-21, 273.02 lakh tonnes in 2021-22 and 260.58 lakh tonnes in 2022-23.