Though initial kharif estimates point towards marginal drop in total food grains (output) this year, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday asserted an expectation of achieving a total of 250 million tones (mt), falling nearly 3% production during 2012-13. The foodgrains production is estimated to decline due to drought in parts of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan.
Further, the minister added that, the overall availability of foodgrains and its efficient distribution is the key for country's food security. However, expectations of a better rabi crop on revival of late monsoons would help offset the 10% decline in kharif output, thereby increasing the overall output. In the last year, the total food grains output touched an all-time high of 257.44 mt and the target for the current year is pegged at 249.52 mt. The need to strengthen the food grains procurement mechanism in India's Eastern States to provide better prices to farmers in these states has been stressed by Pawar in the Conference of Food Ministers and Secretaries of States and Union Territories.
Moreover, Pawar informed about a second green revolution being ushered in India's Eastern States of West Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, where paddy production is set for a rise.
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