Mercifully, a good harvest
The robust performance of food and non-food crops in 2007-08, as reflected in the latest crop estimates released by Krishi Bhawan, should provide relief to an inflation-battered economy as also to a government struggling to deal with the high prices of essential items. The projected 4.6 per cent growth in foodgrain output, backed by record harvests of wheat, rice, coarse cereals, pulses and oilseeds, is significant in several respects.