Production of foodgrains and oilseeds during Rabi Season
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10/04/2018
As per the Second Advance Estimates for 2017-18, the production of foodgrains
for Rabi season is estimated at 139.02 million tonnes which is higher by 2.24 million
tonnes than the previous record production of 136.78 million tonnes during 2016-17.
Whereas, the production of Rabi oilseeds has been estimated at 9.52 million tonnes in
2017-18 which is marginally lower by 0.24 million tonnes than the production of 9.76
million tonnes during 2016-17. State-wise details of production of foodgrains and
oilseeds during rabi season of 2016-17 and 2017-18 (as per Second Advance
Estimates) are given at Annexure.