RAS question
What is the total budget of the Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses?
Correct answer: (B) ₹11,440 crore.
The Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses has a total budget of Rs 11,440 crore for 2025-26 to 2030-31.
Explanation
The PM India release on the Cabinet decision covers a six-year mission running from 2025-26 to 2030-31, with a financial outlay of Rs 11,440 crore. That figure is the budget because it is the Cabinet-approved investment for the Mission, not a target, subsidy cap, or production estimate. The outlay supports the mission's purpose: raising domestic pulse production and moving towards self-sufficiency through research, seed systems, area expansion, procurement and price stability. Free seed kits, processing units and assured procurement are spending channels, but they do not replace the single budget number for the Mission.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Rs 7,280 crore understates the Cabinet-approved financial outlay; the official release gives Rs 11,440 crore for the six-year Mission.
- (C) Rs 24,000 crore overstates the Mission budget; Prime Minister of India names Rs 11,440 crore as the financial outlay.
- (D) Rs 25,060 crore is not the budget figure; PM India states Rs 11,440 crore for implementation from 2025-26 to 2030-31.
Concept
This tests the agriculture and food-security part of the Indian Economy syllabus, where flagship schemes are often asked through their official outlays and time frames. It recurs in RAS because pulses self-sufficiency connects farm policy, procurement, nutrition and import dependence.