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Supreme Court Backs Shift from Wheat-Paddy to Pulses

16 March 20261 min read
AGRICULTURE & RURALSupreme CourtBacks Shift fromWheat-Paddy toPulses16 March 2026safalsetu.com

Why in the news

India’s top court nudged the Centre to rethink farm policy so that growers diversify away from wheat and paddy and take up pulses.

Key facts

  • Who: the Supreme Court of India, addressing the Union government.
  • Ask: revisit the agricultural policy framework.
  • Direction of change: from wheat and paddy to pulses.
  • Condition: improved incentives and pricing policies to make pulses viable.

Significance

  • Crop diversification depends on returns that match those of wheat and paddy.
  • Pricing and incentive design is the lever the Court highlighted.

Exam angle

  • Crops to move from: wheat and paddy.
  • Crop group to promote: pulses.
  • Tools suggested: incentives and pricing policies.

Test yourself

1. The Supreme Court urged farmers to diversify from wheat and paddy to which crop group?

It asked the Centre to promote pulse cultivation.

2. What did the Supreme Court say is needed to make pulse cultivation viable?

The Court stressed incentives and pricing policies.

3. Whom did the Supreme Court ask to revisit the agricultural policy framework?

The Court addressed the Union government.

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