Rice production is expected at record 106.29 million tonne and wheat production is expected to reach 95.85 million tonnes, again a record.
Record production has also been achieved in the case of tur (3.38 million tonne), gram (9.93 million tonnes), maize (24.19 million tonnes), all pulses put together (19.57 million tonne), cotton (36.50 million bales) and jute (10.82 million bales).
The production estimates for major crops for 2013-14 as compared to final estimates for the previous 5 years are as follows:
Crop
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14 3rd Advance EstimatesRice
99.18
89.09
95.98
105.31
105.24
106.29Wheat
80.68
80.8
86.87
94.88
93.51
95.85Jowar
7.25
6.7
7
6.01
5.28
5.25Bajra
8.89
6.51
10.37
10.28
8.74
9.19Maize
19.73
16.72
21.73
21.76
22.26
24.19Coarse Cereals
40.04
33.55
43.4
42.04
40.04
42.68Tur
2.27
2.46
2.86
2.65
3.02
3.38Gram
7.06
7.48
8.22
7.7
8.83
9.93Urad
1.17
1.24
1.76
1.77
1.9
1.5Moong
1.03
0.69
1.8
1.63
1.19
1.4Total Pulses
14.57
14.66
18.24
17.09
18.34
19.57Total Foodgrains
234.47
218.11
244.49
259.32
257.13
264.38Groundnut
7.17
5.43
8.26
6.96
4.69
9.47Rapeseed & Mustard
7.2
6.61
8.18
6.6
8.03
7.83Soyabean
9.91
9.96
12.74
12.21
14.66
11.95Total Nine Oilseeds
27.72
24.88
32.48
29.8
30.94
32.41Cotton #
22.28
24.02
33
35.2
34.22
36.5Jute, Mesta # #
10.37
11.82
10.62
11.4
10.93
11.4Sugarcane
285.03
292.3
342.38
361.04
341.2
348.38#million bales of 170 kgs each