India’s wheat production is estimated to achieve an all-time high of 81.47 million tonnes while foodgrains output will rise to 232.07 million tonnes in the current year.
“The country will witness record production of wheat, pulses and cotton this crop year,” the Agriculture Minister, Mr Sharad Pawar, told reporters today while announcing the second advance estimate for 2010-11 crop year (July-June).
This extraordinary feat is possible because of the hard efforts put in by the farming community, Mr Pawar said lauding the cultivators.
Wheat output was also high at 80.8 mt in the 2009-10 crop year. Foodgrains production had stood at 218.11 mt in the last crop year (2009-10).
The production levels of pulses and cotton are also seen at an all-time high of 16.51 mt and 33.9 million bales, respectively. Rice output is also projected to surge to 94.01 mt from 89.09 mt during the previous crop year.
Last year, rice output had declined by over 10 mt due to drought, which had severely hit the country.