India’s wheat output set to touch a new record at 112.74 million tonnes in 2022-23: Govt data

New Delhi, India’s wheat production is set to touch a new record at 112.74 million tonnes in the ongoing 2022-23 crop year (July-June), higher by five million tonnes from the previous year on increased acreage and yield despite unseasonal rains, as per the agriculture ministry’s latest data released on Thursday.

Besides wheat, a record output has been estimated in rice, maize, oilseeds, and sugarcane.

Even the country’s overall foodgrains output is estimated to be a record 330.53 million tonnes in the 2022-23 crop year, as against the actual output of 315.61 million tonnes in the previous crop year, as per the third estimate.PTI