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India’s 3rd advance estimate yield of foodgrains likely to be 264.38MT
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Tuesday, 20 May, 2014, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Our Bureau, New Delhi
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fiogf49gjkf0d India is likely to produce 264.38 million tonne (MT) foodgrains in 2013-14 (includes kharif 2013 and rabi 2013-14 crops) vis-a-vis last year’s 257.13 million tonne.
This is more than seven million tonnes higher than last year’s production. In the Second Advance Estimates (released in February), the total foodgrain production was pegged at 263.2 million tonne.
Rice production is expected to be 106.29 million tonne, and wheat production is expected to reach 95.85 million tonne. Both are records.
Record production was also achieved in the cases of tur (3.38 million tonne), gram (9.93 million tonne), maize (24.19 million tonne), 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 vis-a-vis the final estimates for the previous five years are as follows:
(million tonne)
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Crop
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2008-09
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2009-10
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2010-11
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2011-12
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2012-13
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Third Advance Estimates (2013-14)
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Rice
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99.18
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89.09
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95.98
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105.31
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105.24
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106.29
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Wheat
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80.68
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80.80
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86.87
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94.88
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93.51
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95.85
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Jowar
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7.25
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6.70
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7.00
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6.01
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5.28
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5.25
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Bajra
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8.89
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6.51
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10.37
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10.28
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8.74
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9.19
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Maize
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19.73
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16.72
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21.73
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21.76
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22.26
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24.19
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Coarse
Cereals
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40.04
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33.55
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43.40
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42.04
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40.04
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42.68
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Tur
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2.27
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2.46
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2.86
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2.65
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3.02
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3.38
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Gram
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7.06
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7.48
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8.22
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7.70
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8.83
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9.93
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Urad
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1.17
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1.24
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1.76
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1.77
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1.90
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1.50
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Moong
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1.03
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0.69
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1.80
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1.63
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1.19
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1.40
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Total
Pulses
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14.57
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14.66
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18.24
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17.09
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18.34
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19.57
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Total Foodgrains
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234.47
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218.11
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244.49
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259.32
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257.13
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264.38
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Groundnut
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7.17
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5.43
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8.26
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6.96
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4.69
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9.47
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Rapeseed
and Mustard
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7.20
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6.61
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8.18
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6.60
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8.03
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7.83
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Soybean
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9.91
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9.96
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12.74
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12.21
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14.66
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11.95
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Total
Nine Oilseeds
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27.72
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24.88
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32.48
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29.80
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30.94
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32.41
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Cotton#
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22.28
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24.02
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33.00
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35.20
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34.22
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36.50
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Jute,
Mesta##
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0.37
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11.82
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10.62
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11.40
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10.93
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11.40
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Sugarcane
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285.03
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292.30
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342.38
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361.04
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341.20
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348.38
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(# million
bales of 170kg each)
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million bales of 180kg each)
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