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Agri rebound: Grain output up 4.6%

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Surinder Sud New Delhi

After a near-stagnation or modest growth in output for several years, Indian agriculture is reckoned officially to have rebound in 2007-08 with foodgrain production surging by 10 million tonnes, or 4.6 per cent, to touch a new high of 227.32 million tonnes. The grain output in 2006-07 was 217.28 million tonnes.

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First Published: Apr 23 2008 | 12:00 AM IST

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