Chickpea remarkably predominates among other pulse crops in terms of both area and production. The year 2009-10 marked significant increase in area under chickpea (8.56 million ha) which is highest in last 10 years. Similarly, the chickpea production (7.35 million tonnes) also surpassed last 50 years record with highest productivity (858 kg/ha) ever recorded in the history of India.
