India is the largest producer of pulses in the world and has 25.26 million hectares area under cultivation with 16.47 million tons production and a productivity of 652 kg/ hectare (Anonymous, 2015-16). The area covered under pulses in our country is 15.35 per cent of the total cropped area. Rajasthan, M.P. Haryana, Orissa, Maharashtra and U.P. account for 83.77 per cent of the total national area under pulses. In India, about 5.71 million hectares area is under organic cultivation and total production of organic produce is 1.35 million tons (APEDA, 2015-16). The total area and production in India under green gram were 3.83 million hectare and 1.60 million tons, respectively, with the productivity of 418 kg/ hectares (Anonymous, 2015-16); whereas,
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