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Pulses are important food crop due to higher protein content. Pulses are 20 tp 25 per cent protein by weight which is double the protein content of wheat and three times that of rice. For this reason, pulses are sometimes called "poor man?s meat". Major Pulses grown in India are Dry Beans, Dry Peas, Check pea, Lentil etc. The area under Pulses was covered 22.39 Million Ha with the Production of 13.38 Million tones. India?s Export of Pulses has increased from Rs. 58985.45 Lakhs in 2004-05 to Rs. 77064.60 Lakhs in 2006-07. The importing countries of pulses from India are Bangaladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, U.A.E and Nepal.