India to produce 277.5 mt of food grains in FY18 against target of 274.5 mt

The second advance crop production estimates were released on February 27, almost a fortnight later than their normal date of release of February 15

India will produce about 277.5 million tonnes (mt) of food grains in 2017-18 as against the target of 274.5 mt set for the agricultural year, according to the second advance estimates of crop production released by the department of agriculture, cooperation and farmers welfare on Tuesday.

A record 24 mt of pulses are expected to be produced in 2017-18, and with imports of 5.1 mt already completed in the April–December period, this year will witness a consecutive year of over-supply on pulses to the tune of 30 mt, as against annual consumption of 23 mt in India.

Rice production of 96.5 mt