GRAINS
India is likely to achieve the second highest food grain production at 129.32 million tons this kharif season ) on better monsoon, but rice output is seen declining marginally.
RICE
The country’s rice production is projected to drop to 92.32 million tonnes in the Kharif season this year due to deficient rains in some states. The estimate for rice output is kept lower as deficient rains in Bihar, Jharkhand and North East and floods in Assam, Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh have affected the Kharif crops.