Government sets foodgrain production target at record 301 MT for 2020-21 crop year

22 Sep 2020 Evaluate

With good monsoon rains and higher acreage in the kharif season, the government has set foodgrain production target at a record 301 million tonnes (MT) for the 2020-21 crop year, up nearly 1.5 per cent from record foodgrain production of 296.65 MT in the 2019-20 crop year.

Rice production target has been fixed at 119.6MT in 2020-21 as against 118.43 MT output in the last year. The target of wheat output has been set at 108 MT as compared to 107.59 MT. Coarse cereals output target is almost flat at 47.80 MT as against 47.48 MT in the previous year. Pulses production target has been is fixed at 25.60 MT, up from 23.15 MT output in 2019-20, while that of oilseeds was set at 37 MT as against the estimated output of 33.42 MT last year.

Besides, Kharif sowing during this year up to September 11 stood at 1,113 lakh hectares, which is 46 lakh hectares more than normal. Moreover, the government is taking revolutionary steps to strengthen agriculture infrastructure and economic condition of the farmers.

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