UN World Pulses Day on 10 February 2020

India hosted the UN World Pulses Day in New Delhi. Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare  organised  UN World Pulses Day.

• The United Nations General Assembly has designated February 10 of each year since 2019 as “UN World Pulses Day”.
  
• The event was organized this year by NAFED in collaboration with Global Pulse Confederation (GPC). 

National Agricultural Cooperative Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED)
The National Agricultural Cooperative Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) is the Central Nodal agency of Government of India for procurement of Pulses & Oilseeds, Copra and Cotton under PM Aasha at Minimum Support Price (MSP), in every crop season.
Global Pulse Confederation (GPC)
The Global Pulse Confederation (GPC), established in 1963 in France, is now headquartered at Dubai since 2009. It is a non-profit Confederation to promote production, consumption, awareness and trade of pulses, representing every component of supply chain related to the pulse industry such as growers, traders, govt bodies, trade promotion entities, processors and consumers. It is the Confederation of 26 national associations and thousands of corporates engaged in pulses trade in over 50 countries.