Foodgrain Output

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  India's Wheat Production Set To Touch New Record In 2022-2023 Crop Year

  The country's wheat production is estimated to set a new record of 112.74 million tonne in the 2022-23 crop year (July-June), while the overall foodgrain output is also likely to be a record 330.53 million tonne.

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  Foodgrain Output May Surpass Last Year's Level: Agricultural Secretary

  India's foodgrain output could exceed last year's record of 279.51 million tonne (MT) buoyed by favourable monsoon, higher MSP and likely increase in crop productivity, an official said.

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  Thanks to Monsoon, Foodgrain Production to Grow By 9%: Union Agriculture Minister

  Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Thursday said that country's foodgrain production is estimated to rise by nine per cent to an all-time high of 135.03 million tonnes in the 2016-17 'kharif' (summer sowing) season with record output of rice and pulses following a good monsoon.

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  Government Bullish On Farm Sector Growth On Hopes Of Good Monsoon

  India will "definitely" see higher foodgrain output and overall growth in the agriculture sector in case the IMD prediction of a good monsoon "comes true", Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Tuesday.

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  Foodgrain Production May Decline by Over 3 Per Cent After Unseasonal Rains Hit Crops: Government

  Unseasonal rains and hailstorms in various parts of the country during this month have "adversely affected" production of Rabi crops, Parliament was informed on Friday.

• Deficit Rains Likely to Hit Kharif Foodgrain Output by 7%

  India's foodgrain production is projected to drop 7 per cent to about 120 million tonnes in this year due to poor monsoon rains.

• El Nino Leads to Higher Food Inflation? Not Necessarily: UBS

  According to UBS, the impact from any potential weak foodgrain output in 2014 from El Nino will, thus, largely also depend on the new government policy on MSP increases and usage of food stock.

• Foodgrain output projected to decline by 10 per cent: Pawar

  India's foodgrains production is projected to decline by 10 per cent in the kharif season of this year at 117.18 million tonnes due to deficient monsoon and drought in some states.

• India likely to achieve record wheat, foodgrain output: Pawar

  Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar expressed optimism that the country will harvest an all-time high wheat output.

• Agriculture to grow at 3%; see record grains output: PMEAC

  Agriculture and allied sectors' growth is expected to fall by more than half to around 3 per cent this fiscal but foodgrains output could beat last year's  record of 241.56 million tonne, according to the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council. The sector grew by 6.6 per cent in last fiscal on the back of record production of severa...

• Agri sector grows by 6.6% in FY'11 on record foodgrain output

  Agriculture and allied sectors showed a marked improvement by registering 6.6 per cent growth in 2010-11 against 0.4 per cent in the previous fiscal helped by a record foodgrain production of 235.88 million tonnes. The rising trend in farm production, experts warned might not continue in the current fiscal. The government had earlier p...

• Record rice output to help tame prices

  In what should bring some relief to the government in its battle against rising food prices, the country’s foodgrain production during the current kharif season is expected to be 123.88 million tonnes

• Wheat, pulses output takes foodgrains harvest to 235.88 MT

  The country is estimated to have harvested a record 235.88 million tonne (MT) of foodgrains in the 2010-11 crop year, ending June, helped by an all-time high output of wheat and pulses, the government announced on Wednesday. Economists feel that the higher foodgrain production will help further ease food inflation -- which stood at 9.5 per c...