Store
GS3 · Agriculture

Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses: ₹11,440 crore, 2025-31

1 min readFood Security & PDSGovernment Schemes
Battle IAS current affairs title card: Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses: ₹11,440 crore, 2025-31 (GS3 · Agriculture, 1 October 2025)
Asked by UPSCPrelims 20201 PYQ

UPSC has already asked about this. Read the story with these questions in mind.

What happened

  • The Cabinet approved a six-year Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses (2025-26 to 2030-31) with ₹11,440 crore [PIB].
  • It will distribute 88 lakh free seed kits, set up 1,000 processing units, and procure 100% of tur, urad and masoor offered by farmers at MSP for four years [PIB].

Background

  • India is the world’s largest producer and consumer of pulses, but output has not kept pace, and imports rose 15-20% [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Assured procurement is the strongest signal to farmers; the real test is whether state agencies can buy at scale.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Agriculture: cropping, MSP, PDS, food processing, land reforms

  1. As per PIB (2025-10-01): the Cabinet approved a six-year Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses (2025-26 to 2030-31) with ₹11,440 crore.
  2. Assured procurement is the strongest signal to farmers; the real test is whether state agencies can buy at scale.
Quotable data point

It will distribute 88 lakh free seed kits, set up 1,000 processing units, and procure 100% of tur, urad and masoor offered by farmers at MSP for four years.

PIB: Cabinet: Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses, 1 Oct 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: pulses mission. · Mains: food security, import dependence.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Outlay of the pulses mission

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

Practice · UPSC

Which pulses get 100% MSP procurement for four years?

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Practice · UPSC

Free seed kits to be given

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

ExplainerSelf-Reliance in Pulses and Edible Oils: Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses (2025-31), National Mission on Edible Oils (Oilseeds and Oil Palm), Import Dependence and the Way Forward (UPSC Notes + PYQs)ExplainerPM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana: Convergence of 36 Schemes in 100 Low-Productivity Districts, Selection Criteria, Monitoring and the Aspirational Districts Model (UPSC Notes + PYQs)

Official source: PIB: Cabinet: Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses, 1 Oct 2025

facts from cited sources only; faculty review pending