India’s rice production is estimated at record 102.36 million tonnes in the kharif season of 2020-21 crop year on the back of good monsoon rains and acreage, according to government data.
Rice production stood at 101.98 million tonnes in the kharif season of the 2019-20 crop year.
The Union Agriculture Ministry on Tuesday released the first advance estimates of production of major kharif crops for 2020-21.
As per the data, the total foodgrains output in the kharif season of 2020-21 crop year is estimated at record 144.52 million tonnes as against 143.38 million tonnes in the previous year.
The output of nutri cereals is estimated to decline to 32.84 million tonnes as against 33.69 million tonnes in the previous year.
Pulses production has been pegged higher at9.31 million tonnes as against 7.72 million tonnes in kharif season of last year.
In the non-foodgrains category,oilseeds production…
