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Informist, Wednesday, Sep 25, 2024

 

--Govt: 2023-24 food grain output at 332.3 mln tn vs 329.7 mln yr ago

--CONTEXT: Govt releases 2023-24 final advance crop output estimates 
--Govt sees 2023-24 wheat output at 113.3 mln tn vs 110.6 mln yr ago 

--Govt sees 2023-24 rice output at 137.8 mln tn vs 135.8 mln yr ago

--Govt sees 2023-24 maize output at 37.7 mln tn vs 38.1 mln tn yr ago 

--Govt: 2023-24 coarse cereal output 56.9 mln tn vs 57.3 mln tn yr ago

--Govt sees 2023-24 pulses output at 24.2 mln tn vs 26.1 mln yr ago 

--Govt: Drought conditions in some states hit pulses output in '23-24

--Govt sees 2023-24 chana output at 11.0 mln tn vs 12.3 mln yr ago 

--Govt sees 2023-24 tur output at 3.4 mln tn vs 3.3 mln tn yr ago 

--Govt:Drought conditions in some states also hit coarse cereal output 

--Govt sees 2023 24 oilseeds output at 39.7 mln tn vs 41.4 mln yr ago

--Govt sees 2023-24 mustard output at 13.3 mln tn vs 12.6 mln yr ago 

--Govt sees 2023-24 groundnut output at 10.2 mln tn vs 10.3 mln yr ago 
--Govt sees 2023-24 soybean output at 13.1 mln tn vs 15 mln a yr ago 
--Govt: Drought conditions in some states hit soybean, cotton output 
--Govt sees '23-24 cotton output at 32.5 mln bales vs 33.7 mln yr ago 
--Govt:'23-24 sugarcane output at 453.2 mln tn vs 490.5 mln tn yr ago
--Govt: 2023-24 jute output at 9.7 mln bales vs 9.4 mln bales yr ago 

 

 

NEW DELHI - India's food grain output for 2023-24 (Jul-Jun) is estimated at a record 332.3 mln tn, 2.6 mln tn higher than 329.7 mln tn in 2022-23 amid record production of rice and wheat, according to the final estimates released by the government today. 

 

Rice production in 2023-24 is pegged at a record 137.8 mln tn, up 2.1 mln tn from last year, while wheat output is estimated at a record 113.3 mln tn, 2.7 mln tn higher than 2022-23. Production of Shree Anna, or millets, is estimated to rise to 17.6 mln tn, against 17.3 mln tn last year. In the grain basket, maize output is seen decreasing 400,000 tn from a year ago to 37.7 mln tn in 2023-24. 

 

Though food grain output estimates rose to record levels, production of pulses and coarse cereal took a hit amid drought-like conditions in southern states, including Maharashtra, and a prolonged dry spell in Rajasthan in August, the government said in the release. Estimates of pulses output fell 1.9 mln tn on year to 24.2 mln tn as chana and tur production decreased from last year. Chana output is estimated at 11.0 mln tn, down 1.3 mln tn, and tur output at 3.4 mln tn, down 100,00 tn from the previous year. 

 

Some oilseed and fibre crops like soybean and cotton were also negatively affected due to drought-like conditions, the release said. Oilseed output is estimated at 39.7 mln tn, down 1.7 mln tn from last year, as a fall in soybean and groundnut output had offset the record mustard and rapeseed production in 2023-24. Production estimates of soybean fell 1.9 mln tn on year to 13.1 mln tn, and that of groundnut decreased 100,000 tn to 10.2 mln tn in the current crop year. Mustard and rapeseed output is pegged at a record 13.3 mln tn, up 700,000 tn from last year. 

 

India is heading for a record rapeseed-mustard crop amid conducive weather conditions and remunerative prices in the past year encouraging record plantings of the oilseed, Solvent Extractors’ Association of India had said earlier. 

In the cash crop basket, only jute output is estimated to have increased to 9.7 mln bales, up 300,000 bales from the previous year. Cotton output fell 1.2 mln tn to 32.5 mln tn and sugarcane output fell 37.3 mln tn to 453.2 mln tn amid patchy rainfall conditions last year. 

 

The following table details the final and third advanced production estimates for key crops in 2023-24 and the final estimate for 2022–23 crops (in mln tn). It also details the change in percentage terms in the final estimate for 2023-24 and final estimates for 2022-23: 

 

Crop	2023-24 (Jul-Jun) Final estimate	2023-24 (Jul-Jun) Third estimate	2022-23 (Jul-Jun) Final estimate	Change
Rice	137.8	136.7	135.75	1.5
Wheat	113.3	112.9	110.6	2.4
Maize	37.7	35.7	38.1	(-)1.0
Tur	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.0
Chana	11	11.6	12.3	(-)10.6
Urad	2.3	2.3	2.6	(-)11.5
Moong	3.1	2.9	3.7	(-)16.2
Masur	1.8	1.8	1.6	12.5
TOTAL FOOD GRAINS	332.3	328.85	329.7	0.8
Groundnut	10.2	10.3	10.3	(-)1.0
Soybean	13.1	13.1	15	(-)12.7
Mustard	13.3	13.2	12.6	5.6
TOTAL OILSEEDS	39.7	39.6	41.4	(-)4.1
Sugarcane	453.2	442.5	490.5	(-)7.6
Cotton*	32.5	32.5	33.7	(-)3.6
Jute*	9.7	9.3	9	7.8

 

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Reported by Afra Abubacker and J. Navya Sruthi 

Edited by Tanima Banerjee

 

 

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