New Delhi : The Indian foodgrain production is projected to decline by 4.66 percent to 252.68 million tonnes in 2014-15 due to “setbacks” in kharif and rabi seasons, the agriculture ministry said on Monday.
“Production of kharif crops during 2014-15 suffered due to bad monsoon. Unseasonal rains/hailstorm during Feb-March 2015 had significant impact on production of rabi crops. As a result of setback in kharif as well as rabi seasons, the production of most of the crops in the country has declined during 2014-15,” according to the fourth advance estimates of production of major crops released by the ministry on Monday. The ministry’s fourth Advance Estimates for 2014-15 said the total production of rice was estimated at 104.80 million tonnes which is lower by 1.85 million tonnes than last year’s 106.65 million tonnes.
