TLI Staff
New Delhi: With farm sector remaining a beacon hope during coronavirus pandemic, foodgrain production is estimated at a record high of 303.34 million tonnes in 2020-21.
As per the second advance estimates of production of major crops, the 2020-21 crop production estimate is higher by 5.84 million tonnes in 2019-20.
The government data showed that foodgrain production during 2020-21 is higher by 24.47 million tonnes compared to the previous five years’ (2015-16 to 2019-20) average production.
“This is a result of hard work of farmers & scientists and thoughtful policies of Modi government,” said Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.
Total production of rice during the current fiscal is estimated at record 120.32 million tonnes. It is higher by 7.88 million tonnes than the last five years’ average production of 112.44 million tonnes.
Production of another major crop wheat is estimated at 109.24 million tonnes. It is higher by 8.81 million tonnes than the average wheat production of 100.42 million tonnes.
Total Pulses production during 2020-21 is estimated at 24.42 million tonnes which is higher by 2.43 million tonnes than the last five years’ average production of 21.99 million tonnes.
Oilseeds production is also estimated to be bumper during the year. The second advance estimate pegged the total production of oilseeds in 2020-21 at 37.31 million tonnes which is higher by 4.09 million tonnes than the production of 33.22 million tonnes during 2019-20. Further, the production of oilseeds during 2020-21 is higher by 6.77 million tonnes than the average oilseeds production.
Total production of Sugarcane in the country during 2020-21 is estimated at 397.66 million tonnes. The production of sugarcane during 2020-21 is higher by 35.59 million tonnes than the average sugarcane production of 362.07 million tonnes.
The estimate for cotton is also a tad higher at 36.54 million tonnes in the current financial year as against final estimate of 36.07 million tonnes in FY20.