India's Kharif foodgrain production in the 2019-20 crop year is estimated at 140.57 million tonnes, which is 8.44 million tonnes more than the average foodgrain production of the previous five years.According to the first advanced estimate of 2019-20 Kharif crops, rice production is estimated to be 100.35 million tonnes, which is 6.80 million tonnes more than the last five year's average production of 93.55 million tonnes.The first advance estimate of production of major Kharif crops for 2019-20 was released by the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare on Monday."The assessment of the production of different crops is based on the feedback received from states and validated with information available from other sources," an official statement said.The production of most of the crops for the agricultural year 2019-20 has been estimated higher than their normal production.However, these estimates would undergo revision based on further feedback from the states, the ..
