September 16, 2025 8:41 PM
Centre sets 362.50 million tonne foodgrain target for 2025–26 at rabi conference
The Union government has set a foodgrain production target of 362.50 million tonnes for 2025–26, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced on Tuesday during the ‘National Agriculture Conference – Rabi Abhiyan 2025’ in Delhi. Chouhan said the country produced 353.96 million tonnes of foodgrains in 2024–25, a 6.5 per cent increase over the previous year and 12.41 million tonnes above the set target. Record harvests were achieved in rice, wheat, maize, groundnut, and soy...