RAS question
What is the total outlay of the Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses?
Correct answer: (B) ₹11,440 crore.
The Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses has a total financial outlay of Rs 11,440 crore for the period 2025-26 to 2030-31.
Explanation
The Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses is a six-year Union Cabinet-approved initiative running from 2025-26 to 2030-31, and its stated financial outlay is Rs 11,440 crore. The figure matters because the mission is not a one-time procurement announcement; it funds a wider strategy to raise domestic pulse production and reduce import dependence. The PIB release links the outlay to interventions across research, seed systems, area expansion, procurement and price stability. It also identifies supporting measures such as improved seed distribution, expansion into rice fallow and other diversifiable lands, post-harvest infrastructure, and assured procurement of Tur, Urad and Masoor under the Price Support Scheme of PM-AASHA.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Rs 5,000 crore is too low; the PIB release specifies a financial outlay of Rs 11,440 crore for the mission.
- (C) Rs 24,000 crore is not the stated outlay; the official release gives Rs 11,440 crore for 2025-26 to 2030-31.
- (D) Rs 15,000 crore does not match the Cabinet-approved figure reported by PIB, which is Rs 11,440 crore.
Concept
This tests government schemes in Indian Economy, especially the ability to link a flagship agricultural mission with its official outlay and implementation period. Such figures recur in RAS because schemes on self-reliance, procurement and farm productivity are frequent current-affairs inputs.