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A record food output?

For a government under great pressure to contain the rising prices of essential commodities, especially food items, the overall message from the third advance estimates of food production (2007-08) ought to be most welcome. The aggregate production will touch a record high of 227.32 million tonnes (MT), 10 MT more than the final estimate for last year. Domestic production of the two principal staples, rice and wheat, are also expected to set new records.

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