Tuvar sowing is gradually increasing towards the target

26-Jul-2024 08:09 PM

New Delhi. This time a tremendous increase is being seen in the sowing area of ​​Arhar (Tuvar), the most important pulse crop of the Kharif season. By 19th July, its production area jumped to 33.48 lakh hectares, which is much more than the sowing area of ​​19.34 lakh hectares during the same period last year.

The target of Tuvar sowing for the current year has been set at 49.38 lakh hectares and sowing is gradually increasing towards this target.

In the two major producing states - Karnataka and Maharashtra, the area of ​​Tuvar has reached 13.36 lakh hectares and 11.19 lakh hectares respectively.

The arrival of the new Tuvar crop will start in December-January. Due to good monsoon rains in major producing states, market prices being at very high levels and the government increasing the minimum support price to Rs 7550 per quintal (870 dollars per tonne),

the enthusiasm and attraction of Indian farmers in the cultivation of tur has increased significantly this time.

The minimum domestic market price of tur is running at Rs 10400 per quintal (1210 dollars per tonne) while the minimum support price is nowhere near this. 

For the last two years, a huge difference of about 12-14 lakh tonnes is being seen between the demand and supply of tur in India, while due to non-matching imports from abroad, the price level has gone up considerably.

In view of the high market price, the government implemented storage limits on tur from June 21, but still the situation has not improved much.

The price of tur imported from Myanmar at Chennai port was recorded at Rs 11000 per quintal on July 19, 2024, which was about 14 percent higher than the prevailing price of Rs 9625 per quintal on the same date last year.