The government has allocated 8.35 billion rupees to states under the National Food Security Mission so far in 2017-18 (Apr-Mar), to boost production of pulses in the country. Of the total amount, the government has released 1.69 billion rupees so far to the states for implementation of the pulses programme. For the entire mission, the Centre has earmarked a total of 17.20 billion rupees for 2017-18. Production of pulses seeds in seed-hubs has also been taken up by the farm research body, Krishi Vigyan Kendras, and state agricultural universities.