India's kharif grain production seen up 11 million tonnes at 114.63 million tonnes
23 Sep 2010
Total foodgrain production in the country in the current kharif season is likely to go up to 114.63 million tonnes from 103.84 million tonnes in 2009-10 - an increase of about 11 million tonnes year-on-year.
Rice production in the country in the current kharif season is likely to be 80.41 million tonnes against 75.91 million tonnes in the 2009-10 kharif season, according to the first advance estimates of production of major crops released today.
Production of kharif pulses is expected to be 6 million tonnes against 4.30 million tonnes last kharif.
Oilseeds production in the current kharif season is likely to be 17.27 million tonnes against 15.66 million tonnes last season.
Cotton production is estimated to be 33. 5 million bales, up 9.6 million bales from the last year's production.
Sugarcane production is estimated to be 324.91 million tonnes in the current kharif season against 277.75 million tonnes in the 2009-10 season.