Rise In Foodgrain Production
Centre sets record 362.96 mt foodgrain output target for 2025-26
Agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced a record foodgrain target of 362.96 mt for 2025-26, with fertiliser supply measures and state-wise crop roadmaps
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Govt sets foodgrain production target for 2025-26 at 354.64 mn tonnes
India is targeting 354.64 million tonnes of foodgrain production in the 2025-26 crop year starting July on the forecast of better monsoon rains, a senior government official said on Thursday. In the current 2024-25 crop year (July-June), the government had set a target of 341.55 million tonnes of foodgrain production. Foodgrains include paddy, wheat, coarse cereals and pulses. Already, the country's foodgrain production has reached 330.92 million tonnes in the Kharif and rabi seasons of the current 2024-25 crop year. The production estimates for summer (zaid) sowing are yet to be released. The foodgrain production in the summer season (zaid), sown between February and June which is between rabi harvest and kharif sowing season, stood at 16.5 million tonnes in 2023-24. Among foodgrains, the government has set a target of 147.35 million tonnes of rice production for 2025-26 crop year. Paddy is grown in all three seasons. The country is estimated to have produced 136.44 million tonne
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Centre may have enough stocks to run free grain scheme this financial year
But financial considerations remain, especially if disinvestment receipts don't meet Budget target
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Grain output to touch new high in 2017-18
The production is estimated to be at an all-time high at 273.38 MT on account of good rains
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