India's foodgrain production is estimated to decline by 6.95 per cent to 218.19 million tonnes in the 2009-10 season.
According to the third advance estimate released by the government today, the country's foodgrains output is pegged at 218.19 million tonnes in the 2009-10 season, against 234.47 million tonnes in the year-ago season.
The production of rice, grown mainly in the kharif season (June-September), is estimated to be lower at 89.31 million tonnes, against 99.18 million tonnes in the 2008-09 season.
Production of wheat, a rabi (October-June) crop, is projected at 80.98 million tonnes in 2009-10, compared with 80.68 million tonnes in the year-ago period.
However, foodgrains output, including rice and wheat, for 2009-10 is pegged higher than the second advance estimates released in February this year.
