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Informist, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024

 

By Pallavi Singhal

 

NEW DELHI – The government is likely to release the first advance estimates for kharif crop season 2024-25 (Jul-Jun) in the first week of November, according to a senior official of the agriculture ministry. The release of the data has been delayed as the Centre is holding consultations with states that have seen heavy rains in October, "to get more accurate numbers of what the production might be," the official said. Usually, the ministry releases the first advance estimate in September or October.

 

The government's advance estimates of crops are keenly awaited as they help assess whether the estimated production is sufficient to cater to the needs, taking policy decisions to regulate market fluctuations, public distribution, export and import policies, and minimum support prices. India’s major kharif crops are paddy, maize, tur, moong, urad, soybean, groundnut, cotton, sugarcane, and jute.

 

Experts expect the production to be better than the past two years, on the back of ample rainfall seen this year. The southwest monsoon this year was 7?ove the normal rainfall. This has led to an increase in acreage, which was up 1.5% on-year, reaching 110.5 million hectares by the end of the sowing period on Sept. 25.

 

According to the official, the estimates are likely to be significantly up on-year due to a considerable rise in paddy and pulses acreage. "Though there is some damage when it comes to pulses crops in states such as Karnataka and Maharashtra, we see production up significantly due to increased sowing. Paddy numbers are extremely supportive and show what we have been able to achieve not just in acreage but also in yields. The increase in total production is likely to be even higher this year," the official said without giving any details. 

 

India's foodgrain production has seen a steady increase over the past three years. In 2021-22, the food grain output was 315.7 million tonnes. This went up to a record 329.7 million tonnes in 2022-23. The upward trend continued in 2023-24, with a record food grain production of 332.3 million tonnes, an increase of 2.6 million tonnes from the previous year.  End

 

Edited by Saji George Titus

 

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