India may not have to import pulses in coming years as domestic production is rising sharply. Improved our local production of pulses in past couple of years to around 23 mln tn from 16 mln tn with the help of agricultural scientists. According to the second advance estimate of government, the country’s pulses production is seen rising to a fresh high of 23.95 mln tn in 2017-18, from a record 23.13 mln tn a year ago.