India's agricultural production surges to record high in 2024-25

New Delhi, Mar 10: India has achieved a record production of rice, wheat, maize, groundnut and Soybean during 2024-25, according to the second advance estimates released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare on Monday.

The country’s kharif foodgrain production is estimated at 1663.91 lakh metric tonnes (LMT), and rabi foodgrain production is estimated at 1645.27 LMT.

Kharif rice production is estimated at 1206.79 LMT as compared to 1132.59 LMT in 2023-24, showing an increase of 74.20 LMT while the production of rabi rice is estimated at 157.58 LMT.

Production of wheat is estimated at 1154.30 LMT, which is higher by 21.38 LMT as compared to the previous year's production of 1132.92 LMT.

Production of Shree Anna (Kharif) is estimated at 137.52 LMT and Shree Anna (Rabi) is estimated at 30.81 LMT. Further, the Production of Nutri/Coarse Cereals (Kharif) is estimated at 385.63 LMT and the Production of Nutri/Coarse Cereals (Rabi) is estimated at 174.65 LMT.