The Indian government on Wednesday said the country achieved a record foodgrains production of 353.96 million tonnes (mt) in the current crop year to June 30. The record production included an all-time high output of 149.07 mt in rice, 117.51 mt in wheat and 42.28 mt in maize. The current year’s foodgrain output is 6.5 per cent higher from 332.3 mt achieved in 2023-24.
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan released the third advance estimate of the crop year, by including the output from the summer (zaid) season. The second estimate had data only from kharif and rabi seasons. Summer crops are of very short duration grown between rabi and kharif seasons.
Chouhan said production in rice, wheat, maize, groundnut, and soyabean has broken all previous records. He said the feat is due to the “tireless hard work” of the farmers, the “efficiency of agricultural scientists” and the successful implementation of farmer-friendly policies and schemes of the Centre. The policies and schemes got implemented with the cooperation of the State governments.
Though production is increasing continuously, the minister said the output of pulses and oilseeds has to be increased further. He expressed satisfaction over the significant increase in the area under cultivation during the kharif season. An increase has also been registered in the yield of major kharif crops such as paddy, maize, millet, moong, soyabean and sugarcane.
businessline was first to report on May 19 on India’s emergence as the world’s largest producer of rice, and also achieving all-time high output of wheat, maize and overall foodgrains during 2024-25.
The government has raised the production of wheat, a winter crop, to 117.51 mt, which is 3.7 per cent higher from 113.29 mt in 2023-24. it is higher than what was estimated in March. Similarly, the total production of rice included 121.85 mt from the kharif season, 15.67 mt from rabi and 11.55 mt from the zaid crop.
The total foodgrains output included 168.07 mt from kharif season, 167.22 mt from rabi and 18.68 mt from zaid crop.
Officials said there was a setback in the mustard crop. Otherwise, the production was either more than 2023-24 or remained around last year level in all other crops. The higher output of soyabean and groundnut has helped offset losses in mustard, as the overall oilseeds production is more, officials said.
India’s oilseeds production from all three seasons was 42.61 mt — up 7.4 per cent from 39.67 mt in 2023-24. The rapeseed/mustard production is pegged at 12.61 mt against 13.26 mt in 2023-24, groundnut at 11.9 mt up from 10.18 mt and soyabean at 15.18 mt from 13.06 mt.
Maize production touched a record high of 42.28 mt, which included 24.84 mt from kharif, 13.62 mt from rabi and 3.82 mt from Zaid season.
In the pulses output of 25.24 mt, chana (gram) production was 11.34 mt, tur was 3.56 mt, urad (black gram) was 2.11 mt, moong (green gram) was 3.82 mt, masur (lentil) was 1.77 mt and other pulses such as moth and kulthi was 2.64 mt.
Sugarcane production has been estimated at 450.12 mt, which is lower from 453.16 mt and that of cotton at 30.69 million bales (170 kg) from 32.52 million bales a year ago.
Published on May 28, 2025
The Indian government on Wednesday said the country achieved a record foodgrains production of 353.96 million tonnes (mt) in the current crop year to June 30. The record production included an all-time high output of 149.07 mt in rice, 117.51 mt in wheat and 42.28 mt in maize. The current year’s foodgrain output is 6.5 per cent higher from 332.3 mt achieved in 2023-24.
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan released the third advance estimate of the crop year, by including the output from the summer (zaid) season. The second estimate had data only from kharif and rabi seasons. Summer crops are of very short duration grown between rabi and kharif seasons.
Chouhan said production in rice, wheat, maize, groundnut, and soyabean has broken all previous records. He said the feat is due to the “tireless hard work” of the farmers, the “efficiency of agricultural scientists” and the successful implementation of farmer-friendly policies and schemes of the Centre. The policies and schemes got implemented with the cooperation of the State governments.
Though production is increasing continuously, the minister said the output of pulses and oilseeds has to be increased further. He expressed satisfaction over the significant increase in the area under cultivation during the kharif season. An increase has also been registered in the yield of major kharif crops such as paddy, maize, millet, moong, soyabean and sugarcane.
businessline was first to report on May 19 on India’s emergence as the world’s largest producer of rice, and also achieving all-time high output of wheat, maize and overall foodgrains during 2024-25.
The government has raised the production of wheat, a winter crop, to 117.51 mt, which is 3.7 per cent higher from 113.29 mt in 2023-24. it is higher than what was estimated in March. Similarly, the total production of rice included 121.85 mt from the kharif season, 15.67 mt from rabi and 11.55 mt from the zaid crop.
The total foodgrains output included 168.07 mt from kharif season, 167.22 mt from rabi and 18.68 mt from zaid crop.
Officials said there was a setback in the mustard crop. Otherwise, the production was either more than 2023-24 or remained around last year level in all other crops. The higher output of soyabean and groundnut has helped offset losses in mustard, as the overall oilseeds production is more, officials said.
India’s oilseeds production from all three seasons was 42.61 mt — up 7.4 per cent from 39.67 mt in 2023-24. The rapeseed/mustard production is pegged at 12.61 mt against 13.26 mt in 2023-24, groundnut at 11.9 mt up from 10.18 mt and soyabean at 15.18 mt from 13.06 mt.
Maize production touched a record high of 42.28 mt, which included 24.84 mt from kharif, 13.62 mt from rabi and 3.82 mt from Zaid season.
In the pulses output of 25.24 mt, chana (gram) production was 11.34 mt, tur was 3.56 mt, urad (black gram) was 2.11 mt, moong (green gram) was 3.82 mt, masur (lentil) was 1.77 mt and other pulses such as moth and kulthi was 2.64 mt.
Sugarcane production has been estimated at 450.12 mt, which is lower from 453.16 mt and that of cotton at 30.69 million bales (170 kg) from 32.52 million bales a year ago.
Published on May 28, 2025
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