Impact of higher prices of Pulses during 2015 is visible on Pulses acreages this year. Farmers giving preference to Pulses over other crops. As per latest sowing report released by Government of Agriculture as on 8th July 2016, Pulses kharif sowing reached to 45.9 lakh hectares which is around 26% higher than the corresponding period last year’s 36.4 lakh hectares.
