The government on Wednesday attributed the skyrocketing prices of pulses to less production and supply and said there is a ?little serious problem?.?The problem is due to less production. Even this year also, the areas where we generally get pulses have less rain. These are essentially rain-fed areas and that?s why definitely there is a little serious problem,? agriculture minister Sharad Pawar told reporters on shooting prices of pulses like arhar dal, which is now selling around Rs 90 a kg. Pawar, however, said the government would take measures to resolve the problem. ?Actually it?s a question of availability…. We are also working on how to resolve it. We are consulting some of the states. We are in process of making some schemes,? he said. But the minister declined to share details, fearing repercussion in markets. ?I do not want to disclose it now, because it will create impact or repercussion in some market.? India has produced 14.66 million tonnes of pulses in the 2008-09 season against its annual domestic consumption of over 18 million tonnes.Meanwhile, Pawar also said that the Cabinet will consider on Thursday extending tax-free raw sugar imports beyond the end of July to help improve supplies. The government may sell a part of its bulging wheat stocks in the local market, but it opposed the sale of rice.