India’s total food grains production is estimated to have declined by 5.25 percent to 251.12 million tonnes (mt) in 2014-15 crop year (July-June) against record production of 265.04 mt in 2013-14 crop year due to poor monsoon and unseasonal rain in past two months.
While releasing the third advance estimates for 2014-15, the Agriculture Ministry said that the production of most of the crops fell because of bad monsoon in 2014 and unseasonal rains/hailstorms during March-April 2015 that affected kharif (summer-sown) and rabi (winter-sown) crops.
Total production of rice was estimated at 102.5 mt, 4.11 mt less than the record production of 106.65 mt in 2013-14. Production of wheat estimated at 90.78 mt is lower by 5.07 mt than the record production of 95.85 mt achieved during 2013-14. The total production of coarse cereals estimated at 40.42 mt is also lower by 2.87 mt than their production during 2013-14. Production of pulses estimated at 17.38 mt, lower by 1.87 mt than their production during the previous year. With a decrease of 5.37 mt over the previous year, total production of oilseeds in the country is estimated at 27.38 mt. Production of sugarcane is estimated at 356.56 mt which is higher by 4.42 mt as compared to the previous year. Total production of cotton estimated at 35.32 million bales (mb) (of 170 kgs each) is marginally lower than the previous year but higher by 2.85 mb than the average production of the last five years. Production of jute & mesta is estimated at 11.49 mb (of 180 kg each) which is marginally lower than their production during the previous year.
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