Indian Green Gram Crop: Growing Regions, Harvest Season & Export Outlook

India is one of the world’s major producers of green gram (moong / mung bean), supplying whole seed and split dal to food manufacturers, wholesalers, and retail packers. For buyers planning purchases, understanding where and when the crop is grown — and what moves quality and price — makes sourcing more predictable.

Where India’s Green Gram Is Grown

• Rajasthan — a leading green gram producing state, especially across arid and semi-arid districts suited to short-duration pulses.
• Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh — significant contributors supplying both kharif and summer crop volumes.
• Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana — important southern growing belts for domestic and exportable surplus.
• Gujarat and Odisha — additional producing regions feeding wholesale and processing demand.

Harvest Season and Availability

Green gram is grown in kharif, rabi, and summer windows depending on irrigation. Kharif crop is typically sown with the monsoon and harvested from August to October; summer irrigated crops extend arrivals into the first half of the year. New-season cleaned and sorted material becomes available for export shortly after harvest, which is why buyers often time contracts around these arrival windows.

What Drives Quality and Price Each Season

• Rainfall during flowering and pod filling — excess moisture raises discolouration and mould risk; drought cuts yield and boldness.
• Pest pressure — pod borers and sucking pests can reduce seed size and raise damaged-seed percentages.
• Domestic offtake — India is also a large consumer of moong, so festival and dal-mill demand can tighten exportable surplus.
• Cleaning and sorting standards — export buyers typically specify maximum foreign matter, weevilled seeds, and moisture.

Sourcing Considerations for Export Buyers

Because green gram is traded as whole seed or split dal rather than by a single named variety in most export enquiries, the key sourcing decision is usually format and cleanliness grade for the destination market. AgroHaat supplies whole green gram and moong dal in conventional, IPM, and organic options with consistent sorting and packing.

For more on how whole and split formats differ for buyers, see our companion guide to green gram grades for export.