IndiaOneStop

India's Major Crop Production

India's foodgrains production
(In million tonnes)

YEAR	AREA	PRODUCTION	YIELD	COVERAGE UNDER IRRIGATION
1989-90	126.77	171.04	1349	35.0
1990-91	127.84	176.39	1380	35.1
1991-92	121.87	168.38	1382	37.4
1992-93	123.15	179.48	1457	37.4
1993-94	122.75	184.26	1501	38.7
1994-95	123.86	191.50	1546	39.6
1995-96	121.01	180.42	1491	40.1
1996-97	123.58	199.44	1614	40.0
1997-98	123.85	192.26	1552	40.8
1998-99	125.17	203.61	1627	42.4
1999-2000	123.10	209.80	1704	NAS
2000-2001	119.78	195.92	1636	NA
2001-02	122.55	212.03	1723	NA
* Advance estimate as on April 5, 2002 SOURCE: Federal ministry of Agriculture, Government of India

India's major crop production
(In million tonnes)

CROP	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03*
Foodgrains
Rice	81.7	82.5	86.1	89.7	84.9	93.1	77.7
Wheat	69.4	66.4	71.3	76.4	68.8	71.8	68.9
Course Cereals	34.1	30.4	31.3	30.3	31.6	33.9	25.1
Pulses	14.2	13.0	14.9	13.4	10.7	13.2	11.5
Total	199.4	192.3	203.6	209.8	195.9	212.0	183.2
Commercial Crops
Groundnut	6.6	7.4	9.0	5.3	6.2	6.9	4.7
Rapeseed/Mustard	6.7	4.7	5.7	5.8	4.2	5.0	4.5
Soyabean	5.4	6.5	7.1	7.1	5.3	5.9	4.3
Other Oilseeds	3.7	2.7	3.0	2.5	2.7	2.7	1.9
Total 9 Oilseeds	24.4	21.3	24.8	20.7	18.4	20.5	15.4
Cotton#	14.2	10.9	12.3	11.5	9.7	10.1	8.9
Jute & Mesta##	11.1	11.0	9.8	10.6	10.5	11.6	11.5
Sugarcane	277.6	279.5	288.7	299.3	299.2	300.1	285.4
* Second Advance Estimates # Million bales of 170 kgs each ## Million bales of 180 kgs each Source: Federal ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India

Area, Production & Yield of India's major foodgrains producing states

STATES	AREA	PRODUCTION	% OF TOTAL PRODUCTION	YIELD	AREA	PRODUCTION	% OF TOTAL PRODUCTION	YIELD
STATES	2000-2001				1999-2000
Uttar Pradesh	20.10	42.32	21.60	2105	20.86	45.65	21.76	2188
Punjab	6.28	25.32	12.92	4032	6.26	25.20	12.01	4028
Anadhra Pradesh	7.29	14.53	7.42	1995	7.14	13.70	6.53	1919
West Bengal	6.24	13.83	7.06	2217	6.85	14.92	7.11	2178
Haryana	4.29	13.25	6.76	3088	4.29	13.06	6.22	3047
Bihar	7.25	12.06	6.16	1662	8.90	14.39	6.86	1617
Karnataka	7.79	10.95	5.59	1406	7.67	9.86	4.70	1286
Maharashtra	13.32	10.08	5.14	757	13.64	12.70	6.05	931
Rajasthan	11.36	10.04	5.12	884	10.95	10.68	5.09	975
Madhya Pradesh	9.85	8.93	4.56	907	17.60	21.27	10.14	1208
Tamil Nadu	3.94	8.90	4.54	2262	3.83	8.97	4.28	2343
Orissa	5.24	4.98	2.54	950	5.49	5.62	2.68	1025
Assam	2.89	4.17	2.13	1443	2.87	4.04	1.93	1409
Gujarat	3.15	3.68	1.88	1169	3.42	4.05	1.93	1186
Chhatisgarh	4.57	3.65	1.86	799	*	*	*	*
Jharkhand	1.84	2.01	1.03	1095	*	*	*	*
Uttarnchal	1.01	1.73	0.88	1712	*	*	*	*
Others	3.37	5.49	2.80		3.33	5.69	2.71
All India	119.78	195.92	100.00	1636	123.10	209.80	100.00	1704
Area ( In million Hectare) Production ( In million Tonnes) Yield ( Kilogrammes per Hectare) SOURCE: Federal ministry of Agriculture, Government of India

India's per capita daily foodgrains consumption
(In grams)

YEAR	RICE	WHEAT	OTHER CEREALS	CEREALS	GRAM	PULSES	FOODGRAINS
1991	221.7	166.8	80.0	468.5	13.4	41.6	510.1
1992	217.0	158.6	58.9	434.5	10.1	34.3	468.8
1993	201.1	140.2	86.6	427.9	10.7	36.2	464.1
1994	207.4	159.5	67.1	434.0	11.8	37.2	471.2
1995	220.0	172.7	64.9	457.6	14.1	37.8	495.5
1996	204.9	176.4	62.2	443.4	11.3	32.8	476.2
1997	215.0	180.0	73.3	468.2	12.4	37.3	505.5
1998	201.8	152.6	62.9	417.3	13.5	33.0	450.3
1999	205.4	163.9	64.0	433.5	14.7	36.9	470.4
2000	206.4	160.1	60.1	426.0	10.8	32.0	458.0
2001	208.1	124.1	58.4	390.6	7.0	26.4	417.0
Source: Federal ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India

India's GDP & agriculture growth rates
(Percent)

Year	GDP	GDP Agri & Allied Sector*
1992-93	5.1	5.8
1993-94	5.9	4.1
1994-95	7.3	5.0
1995-96	7.3	-0.9
1996-97	7.8	9.6
1997-98	4.8	-2.4
1998-99	6.5	6.2
1999-2000	6.1	0.3
2000-01	4.4	-0.4
2001-02	5.6	5.7
2002-03**	4.4	-3.1
* At 1993-94 Prices Advance estimate Source:** Economic Survey, 2003-04

Updated on April 30, 2003