FY2014 (2^nd Advance Estimates) food grain production at 263 million tonnes 

India is estimated to produce 263.2 million tonnes of food grains during 2013-14 as compared to 257.13 million tonnes during 2012-13. Rice production is expected at record 106.19 million tonne and wheat production is expected to reach 95.60 million tonnes. Maize production is estimated at 23.29 million tonnes while production of pulses is estimated at 19.77 million tonnes. The production of nine major oilseeds put together is estimated at 32.98 million tonne and cotton production is estimated at 35.60 million bales.

The production estimates for major crops                                                             (mn tonnes)

Crop	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14 (2nd advance estimates)
Rice	99.18	89.09	95.98	105.31	105.24	106.19
Wheat	80.68	80.8	86.87	94.88	93.51	95.6
Jowar	7.25	6.7	7	6.01	5.28	5.53
Bajra	8.89	6.51	10.37	10.28	8.74	8.8
Maize	19.73	16.72	21.73	21.76	22.26	23.29
Coarse Cereals	40.04	33.55	43.4	42.04	40.04	41.64
Tur	2.27	2.46	2.86	2.65	3.02	3.34
Gram	7.06	7.48	8.22	7.7	8.83	9.79
Urad	1.17	1.24	1.76	1.77	1.9	1.59
Moong	1.03	0.69	1.8	1.63	1.19	1.28
Total Pulses	14.57	14.66	18.24	17.09	18.34	19.77
Total Foodgrains	234.47	218.11	244.49	259.32	257.13	263.2
Groundnut	7.17	5.43	8.26	6.96	4.69	9.14
Rapeseed & Mustard	7.2	6.61	8.18	6.6	8.03	8.25
Soyabean	9.91	9.96	12.74	12.21	14.66	12.45
Total Nine Oilseeds	27.72	24.88	32.48	29.8	30.94	32.98
Cotton #	22.28	24.02	33	35.2	34.22	35.6
Jute, Mesta # #	10.37	11.82	10.62	11.4	10.93	11.3
Sugarcane	285.03	292.3	342.38	361.04	341.2	345.92

Source: PHD Research Bureau, compiled from Ministry of Agriculture

Note: # million bales of 170 kgs each

## million bales of 180 kgs each

Regards,

Dr. S P Sharma

Chief Economist