The fourth Estimates has revealed record food grain production at 275.68 million tonnes comprising of 110.15 mn tonnes paddy, 98.38 mn tonnes wheat, 22.95 mn tonnes pulses and 44.19 mn tonnes coarse cereal.
Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, Radha Mohan Singh informed this while speaking at the 13th General Council meeting of NFSM.
All the three MoS – Shri Parshottam Rupala, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, and Smt. Krishna Raj– were present at, the meeting.
Singh shared activities of NFSM. He said in 2016-17, 638 districts of 29 states grew pulses against 468 districts of 16 states in 2012-13. Coarse cereals were included in 12th scheme. NFSM-coarse cereal is being implemented in 265 districts of 28 states since 2014-15, he informed.