The production of wheat is expected to rise by 8.42% to 93.82 million tonnes (MT) in the 2015-16 crop year despite facing drought and warmer winter, as per second advance estimate for 2015-16 released by the Agriculture Ministry. In the 2014-15 crop year (July-June), wheat output had fallen to 86.53 MT due to deficit rain and unseasonal weather conditions. This year’s wheat production is, however, likely to be lower than the record 95.85 MT achieved in 2013-14 crop year.
The Food Ministry has meanwhile kept a target to procure 30 MT of wheat directly from farmers at a Minimum Support Price (MSP). It had procured 28.08 MT of wheat last year from the farmers. As per the second estimate, total foodgrain production is pegged at 253.16 MT for the current crop year, higher by 1.14 MT, over the production of 252.02 MT during 2014-15.
Besides wheat, pulses' output is also estimated to increase marginally to 17.33 MT in 2015-16 as against 17.15 MT last year, though it is still not sufficient to meet the domestic demand of 22-23 MT.
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