The Indian government on Wednesday said the country achieved a record foodgrains production of 353.96 million tonnes (mt) in the current crop year to June 30. The record production included an all-time high output of 149.07 mt in rice, 117.51 mt in wheat and 42.28 mt in maize. The current year’s foodgrain output is 6.5 per cent higher from 332.3 mt achieved in 2023-24.
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan released the third advance estimate of the crop year, by including the output from the summer (zaid) season. The second estimate had data only from kharif and rabi seasons. Summer crops are of very short duration grown between rabi and kharif seasons.
Chouhan said production in rice, wheat, maize, groundnut, and soyabean has broken all previous records. He said the feat is due to the “tireless hard work” of the farmers, the “efficiency of agricultural scientists” and the successful implementation of farmer-friendly policies and schemes of the Centre. The policies and schemes got implemented with the cooperation of the State governments.
