Milk output up 5% in FY18 summer season, egg production rises by 7%: Govt

Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh are top five milk producing states in the summer season

The country's milk production has increased by 4.75 per cent to 53.77 million tonnes during the summer season of the 2017-18 financial year, while egg output rose by 7.4 per cent to 27.95 billion during the summer season of this year, as against 26.03 billion in the year-ago period, the government said today.

Milk output stood at 51.33 million tonnes in the same season in 2016-17 fiscal. In the entire last year, the overall milk output was 163.7 million tonnes.

In a statement, the Agriculture Ministry said, "... even during the summer season 2017-18, the growth rate (of milk output) is higher