Key Points
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...
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 advance estimate projects cotton output to be 32.31 million bales (of 170 Kg each) and sugarcane production to be 446.43 million tonnes...
