The prevailing drought situation in Karnataka, coupled with erratic spells of untimely rainfall, has hit pulses production, with the September harvest of green gram already down by 80%, while the standing red gram (tur), that is coming for harvest in December, likely to be down by 60%. Chana and chickpeas yield may also be very poor due a failed monsoon, as per information The Hindu gathered from multiple sources.
In the current crop year, the pulse production in the whole country is estimated to be 14.5 lakh metric tonnes, below the annual consumption of 17.45 lakh metric tonnes.
