Coffee production in India is expected to increase by 6.7 per cent to 3,22,250 tonnes during the 2011-12 financial year, Parliament was informed today.
The post-blossom estimates for 2011-12 carried out by the Coffee Board are 6.7 per cent higher than last year’s final production estimates, the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Mr Jyotiraditya Scindia, said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha.
“According to these estimates, total production of coffee in the country in 2011-12 is placed at 3,22,250 tonnes, against the final production estimates of 3,02,000 tonnes for the year 2010-11,” he said.
In 2010-11, coffee production in Karnataka and Kerala stood at 2,13,780 tonnes and 65,650 tonnes, respectively. Tamil Nadu produced 16,650 tonnes during the period.
In another reply, the Minister said the proposed national manufacturing policy is at the draft stage. The policy has been given in-principle approval by a committee chaired by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh.
Such a policy, under which National Investment and Manufacturing Zones are being planned as mega investment regions, would help increase the contribution of the manufacturing sector from 16 per cent to 25 per cent of the country’s GDP by 2025.