Foodgrain production of 3235.54 lakh tonnes estimated in current agricultural year: Govt

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar said that foodgrain production of 3235.54 lakh tonnes is estimated in the current agricultural year, which is higher by 79.38 LMT as compared to the previous year 2021-22. Second Advance Estimates of production of major crops for the agricultural year 2022-23 have been released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on Tuesday.

He said that the agriculture sector is developing day by day due to the hard work of farmers, the proficiency of scientists, and farmer’s friendly policies of the Government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Total production of rice during 2022-23 is estimated at (a record) 1308.37 lakh tonnes. It is higher by 13.65 lakh tonnes as compared to the previous year.

As per the data released by the Ministry, the production of wheat (record) in the country is estimated at 1121.82 LMT which is higher by 44.40 LMT as compared to the previous year’s production. Total pulses production during 2022-23 is estimated at 278.10 lakh tonnes which is higher by 5.08 lakh tonnes than the previous year’s production of 273.02 LMT and 31.54 LMT higher than the average pulses production of last five years.

 The year 2023 has been declared by the United Nations as the International Year of Millets. Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi coined 'Sri Anna' as the name for coarse grains / nutritious grains.

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