India’s rice production in the 2025 kharif season is estimated to hit a new record of around 124.50 million tonnes (mt), 1.4 per cent more than the same season last year, the first advance estimate of food grains production for the 2025-26 crop season released Wednesday said.
The crop season runs from July to June. The overall kharif foodgrains production for 2025-26 is estimated to be 173.33 mt, which is around 3.9 mt or 2.3 per cent more than the kharif season of 2024-25. Sowing for kharif crops starts around June, with the onset of monsoon, and harvesting starts from October onwards. A good kharif production is expected to further keep inflation under check which has already dropped to multi-year lows.
