Foodgrain production set to touch all time high levels: Pawar

23 Apr 2012 Evaluate

India is expected to see an all time high level of foodgrain production. Earlier estimates have been revised by two million tones and it is now expected that the production of wheat and rice will touch 252.56 million tonne in 2011-12 crop year. This is higher than the February estimates of 250.42 million tonne.

According to the third advance estimate for 2011-12, released by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, rice production has been revised to a record 103.41 million tonne from 102.75 million tonne in the earlier estimate. Wheat output, too, has been pegged higher at 90.23 million tonne, from 88.31 million tonne in the second advance estimates released in February this year.

Cotton production is estimated at a record 35.2 million bales (of 170 kg each), as against 34.08 million bales in the earlier projection for this year.

Production figures of coarse cereals and pulses, however, have been revised downwards to 41.91 million tonne and 17.02 million tonne, respectively, as compared with 42.08 million tonne and 17.28 million tonne, respectively.

Even though it is good news for the country, Pawar put in a word of caution regarding storage of the bumper crop and hoped that the concerned department would take appropriate steps.

In the 2010-11 crop year, rice production stood at 95.98 million tonne, wheat - 86.87 million tonne, pulses - 18.24 million tonne and coarse cereals - 43.68 million tonne.

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