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--Govt: Kharif 2024-25 food grain output 166.4 mln tn vs 154.2 mln tn yr ago 
--CONTEXT: Govt releases second advance crop output estimate for 2024-25 
--Govt pegs rabi 2024-25 food grain output at 164.5 mln tn vs 155.2 mln tn 
--Govt sees 2024-25 kharif rice output 120.7 mln tn vs 111.5 mln tn yr ago 
--Govt sees 2024-25 rabi rice output at 15.8 mln tn vs 12.4 mln tn yr ago 
--Govt sees 2024-25 tur output at 3.5 mln tn vs 3.3 mln tn yr ago 
--Govt sees 2024-25 chana output at 11.5 mln tn vs 12.2 mln tn yr ago 
--Govt sees 2024-25 kharif oilseed output at 27.6 mln tn vs 22.8 mln tn yr ago 
--Govt sees 2024-25 rabi oilseed output at 14.0 mln tn vs 13.8 mln tn yr ago 
--Govt sees 2024-25 soybean output at 15.1 mln tn vs 12.6 mln tn a yr ago 
--Govt sees 2024-25 kharif groundnut output 10.4 mln tn vs 8.7 mln tn yr ago 
--Govt sees 2024-25 mustard output at 12.9 mln tn vs 12.7 mln tn yr ago 
--Govt sees 2024-25 kharif maize output at 24.8 mln tn vs 22.7 mln tn yr ago 
--Govt sees 2024-25 rabi maize output at 12.4 mln tn vs 9.8 mln tn yr ago 
--Govt sees 2024-25 sugarcane output at 435.1 mln tn vs 446.4 mln tn yr ago 
--Govt sees 2024-25 cotton output at 29.4 mln bales vs 32.3 mln tn yr ago 
--Govt sees 2024-25 jute output at 8.3 mln bales vs 9.2 mln tn a yr ago 
--Govt sees 2024-25 rabi wheat output at 115.4 mln tn vs 112.0 mln tn yr ago 
 

 

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI – India's food grain output this kharif season is estimated at a record 166.4 million tonnes due to record production of rice, maize, groundnut and soybean, according to the second advance estimate for 2024-25 (Jul-Jun) released by the government on Monday. In the previous kharif season, food grain output was 154.2 million tonnes. 

 

"The crop area received from the states has been validated and triangulated with information received from Remote Sensing, Weekly Crop Weather Watch Group and other agencies," the farm ministry said in the release. 

 

The Centre has pegged the 2024-25 rabi food grain output at 164.5 million tonnes compared to 155.2 million tonnes, according to the release.

 

The country's rice output this kharif season is pegged at 120.7 million tonnes compared to 111.5 million tonnes the previous year, and the rabi crop is seen at 15.8 million tonnes compared to 12.4 million tonnes. 

 

Kharif maize production is seen at 24.8 million tonnes, against 22.7 million tonnes, while the rabi output is seen at 12.4 million tonnes compared to 9.7 million tonnes, according to the data. 

 

For kharif tur, the output this year is estimated at 3.5 milion tonnes compared to 3.3 million tonnes in the last year. Chana output in 2024-25 is pegged at 11.5 million tonnes against 12.2 mln tn last year, but higher than the average gram production from 2018-19 to 2022-23. Chana is the largest variety of pulses crop grown during the rabi season. 

 

The government has pegged kharif oilseed output at 27.6 million tonnes against 22.8 million tonnes, and rabi output at 14.0 million tonnes compared to 13.8 million tonnes a year ago. The production of soybean is estimated at 15.1 million tonnes compared to 12.6 million tonnes and production of rapeseed and mustard is estimated at 12.9 million tonnes, up from 12.7 last year, it said. 

 

Sugarcane production is pegged at 435.1 million tonnes compared to 446.4 million tonnes and cotton output is seen at 29.4 million bales, against 32.3 million bales in the previous year. One cotton bale is 170 kg.

 

Jute production is estimated at 8.3 million bales. One bale of jute is 180 kg. 

 

While preparing the kharif crop production estimates, the crop cutting experiments based-yield has been considered. The rabi crop production is based on the average yield and is subject to changes in the successive estimates on the receipt of better yield estimates based on crop cutting experiments, according to the release. The production of various summer crops will be included in the third advance estimates, it said.

 

These estimates have been primarily prepared on the basis of information received from states. The second advance estimates covers kharif and rabi season, and the summer season shall be incorporated in the third advance estimates.

 

The following table details the second advance crop estimates for 2024-25 and 2023-24 second advance production estimates for key crops (in mln tn). It also details the change in percentage terms in the second advance estimate for 2024-25 and estimates for 2023-24: 

 

Crop	2024-25 (Second advance estimate)	2023-24 (second advance estimate)	Year-on-year change (%)
Kharif foodgrain	166.4	154.2	7.9
Rabi foodgrain	164.5	155.2	5.9
Kharif rice	120.7	111.5	8.3
Rabi rice	15.8	12.4	27.4
Wheat	115.4	112.0	3.0
Tur	3.5	3.3	6.1
Chana	11.5	12.2	-5.7
Kharif maize	24.8	22.7	9.3
Rabi maize	12.4	9.8	26.5
Kharif oilseed	27.6	22.8	21.1
Rabi oilseed	14.0	13.8	1.4
Soybean	15.1	12.6	19.8
Kharif groundnut	10.4	8.7	19.5
Mustard	12.9	12.7	1.6
Sugarcane	435.1	446.4	-2.5
Cotton*	29.4	32.3	-8.9
Jute*	8.3	9.2	-9.8

*Cotton is in bales (1 cotton bale = 170 kg) 

**Jute is in bales (1 jute bale = 180 kg)

 

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Reported by Taniva Singha Roy and Afra Abubacker

Edited by Avishek Dutta

 

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