Commodity wise, total rice production is estimated at 1,367.00 lakh tonne as compared to 1,357.55 lakh tonne in 2022-23, showing an increase of 9.45 lakh tonne.
The production of wheat is estimated at 1,129.25 lakh tonne, which is higher by 23.71 lakh tonne from previous year’s wheat production.
Production of millets (also known as Shree Anna) is estimated at 174.08 lakh tonne, showing a marginal increase of 0.87 lakh tonne from 2022-23 production.
The production of nutri or coarse cereals is estimated at 547.34 lakh tonne which is higher by 46.24 lakh tonne from average nutri/coarse cereals production.The production of tur is estimated at 33.85 lakh tonne which is marginally higher by 0.73 lakh tonne from last year’s production of 33.12 lakh tonne.
Production of lentil is estimated at 17.54 lakh tonne which is higher by 1.95 lakh tonne than the previous year’s production of 15.59 lakh tonne.
The production of soybean is estimated at 130.54 lakh tonne and production of rapeseed and mustard is estimated at 131.61 lakh tonne which higher by 5.18 lakh tonne to last year’s production.
The production of cotton is estimated at 325.22 lakh bales (of 170 kg each) and production of sugarcane is estimated at 4,425.22 lakh tonne.
India has three cropping seasons summer, kharif and rabi.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, while releasing the estimates, said that from the last agricultural year, the summer season has been segregated from rabi season and incorporated in the third advance estimates. Hence, this advance estimates of area, production and yield includes kharif, rabi and summer season.
