India is the still by and large vegetarian in dietary habit and heavily depends upon vegetative source to meet out its daily protein requirement. India is bound to be global leader in terms of production and consumer of pulses. Since, India is leading importer of pulses; production of pulse/legume crops has been stagnant over the years.
They are the main sources of protein. The important dals in the country are Channa, Moong, Urad, Moth, toor dal and Masoor, Matar etc. The pulses are used for preparing hot dishes, sweet dishes and other varieties. Pulses are the important sources of proteins, vitamins and minerals and are popularly known as “Poor man’s meat” and “rich man’s vegetable”, contribute significantly to the nutritional security of the country. India is the largest producer (25% of global production), consumer (27% of world consumption) and importer (14%) of pulses in the world.
The dal milling industry in India is one of the major agro processing industries in the country. From an annual production of 13.19 million tonnes of pulse in the country, 75% of these pulses are processed by dal mills. Thus, due to demand it is a good project for entrepreneurs to invest.
Few Indian Major Players are as under
· Asian Health & Nutri Foods Ltd.
· Bafna Agro Inds. Ltd.
· Eco Farms (India) Pvt. Ltd.
· Edible Products (India) Ltd.
· Jaishree Industries Ltd.
· Kumar Food Inds. Ltd.
· Maiam Global Foods Ltd.
· Pagro Foods Ltd.
· Parakh Foods & Oils Ltd.
· Patel Food Product Ltd.