To make Indian pulses and grains industry and trade globally competitive; and in so doing, help advance India’s food security and nutrition security.

• To provide an effective national forum, with regional and global aspirations, by bringing together stakeholders along the value chain.
• To work with policymakers, researchers and related others to create an environment that fosters sustainable practices with ethical underpinning.

• Effectively play the leadership role in domestic agribusiness.
• Provide policy inputs for government at various levels and assist in policymaking.
• Seek to provide strategic advice to the government as well as to the agri businesses across the value chain.
• Seek to monitor foreign trade in pulses and grains so as to be able to provide effective forward-looking guidance.
• Support research at every level.