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Foodgrain Output Estimated at 154 MT in Kharif Season FY24.
Mar 01, 2024

The government on Thursday estimated the country's production of food grains to be about 154.19 million tonnes during the kharif season and 155.12 million tonnes in the rabi season in 2023-24.
 
As per the second advance estimate of major agricultural crops released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, kharif rice output is estimated at 111.46 million tonnes. For the rabi season, the estimate is 12.36 million tonnes.
 
Production of wheat is projected to be 112.02 million tonnes.
 
The estimate for millet grain (Shree Anna) production is 12.89 million tonnes during the kharif season and 2.49 million tonnes during the rabi period.
 
The estimate for tur is 3.34 million tonnes, slightly more than last year's production of 3.31 million tonnes.
 
Gram projection is estimated at 12.16 million tonnes, which is marginally lower than the previous year.
 
Lentil output is estimated to be 1.64 million tonnes, compared with 1.56 million the previous year.
 
Production of soybean is projected at 12.56 million tonnes, while that of rapeseed and mustard is estimated at 12.70 million tonnes.
 
The advance estimate projects cotton output to be 32.31 million bales (of 170 Kg each) and sugarcane production to be 446.43 million tonnes.
    

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