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Govt sets record target for food grain output in 2024-25 at 341.5 mln tn
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NEW DELHI – The Centre has set a record foodgrain production target of 341.5 million tonnes for 2024-25 (Jul-Jun), Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said Saturday. Last year, the government had set a food grain production target of 332.0 million tonnes and the country produced 332.3 million tonnes.
For the current crop year, India targets a record output of wheat, pulses, and oilseeds. Wheat output target is 115.0 million tonnes, up 1.5% from last year's output. With chana contributing a big chunk of 13.7 million tonnes, the target for pulses is nearly 30 million tonnes.
For oilseeds, the Centre has set a target of 44.75 million tonnes, up from 39.7 million tonnes produced last year. The government has set an ambitious target for oilseed production to cater to the increasing demand for cooking oil. By 2030-31, the Centre aims to 69.7 million tonnes, up from 39.2 million tonnes in 2022-23, by increasing oilseed acreage to 33 million hectares from 29 million hectares. Under the National Mission for Edible Oil-Oil Seeds, the Centre has set aside INR 101 billion to increase domestic oilseed production.
"We need to move towards organic and natural farming to increase productivity and reduce dependency on chemicals and fertilizers," Chouhan said. "The aim is to increase per hectare yield while reducing the cost of production and offering genuine prices to the farmers," he added at the National Conference on Agriculture for Rabi Campaign 2024 Saturday.
For rice, the Centre aims to produce 136.3 million tonnes, a tad down from 137.8 million tonnes produced last year. Meanwhile, the target for maize is 40.0 million tonnes, up from 37.7 million tonnes produced last year. For sugarcane, the target is 470.0 million tonnes, up from 453.2 million tonnes produced the previous year.
The following table details the targets of key crop output for 2024-25 and the final estimate of 2023-24 output in million tonnes. It also details the change in percentage terms between the two:
| Crop | 2024-25 (Jul-Jun) target |
2023-24 (Jul-Jun) Final estimate |
Change (in %) |
| Rice | 136.3 | 137.8 | (-)1.1 |
| Wheat | 115.0 | 113.3 | 1.5 |
| Maize | 40.0 | 37.7 | 6.1 |
| Tur | 4.5 | 3.4 | 32.3 |
| Chana | 13.65 | 11 | 24.1 |
| Urad | 3.05 | 2.3 | 32.6 |
| Moong | 4.25 | 3.1 | 37.1 |
| TOTAL FOOD GRAINS | 341.5 | 332.3 | 2.8 |
| Oilseed | 44.75 | 39.7 | 12.7 |
| Sugarcane | 470.0 | 453.2 | 3.7 |
| Cotton* | 35.0 | 32.5 | 7.7 |
| Jute* | 10.05 | 9.7 | 3.6 |
*Cotton is in bales (1 cotton bale = 170 kg)
**Jute is in bales (1 jute bale = 180 kg)
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Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury
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