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    India's food grain output from summer crop seen down 3%

    Production of summer-sown rice is estimated to fall 2 percent to 94.48 million tonnes, while production of pulses could drop 7.5 percent to 8.71 million tonnes, the government said in a statement.

    September 25, 2017 / 14:52 IST
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    India's food grain production from summer-sown crops is likely to fall 2.8 percent in 2017/18 from a year ago to 134.67 million tonnes on lower rice output, the government said on Monday.

    Production of summer-sown rice is estimated to fall 2 percent to 94.48 million tonnes, while production of pulses could drop 7.5 percent to 8.71 million tonnes, the government said in a statement.

    Cotton output could fall to 32.27 million bales from 33 million bales a year ago despite a rise in the crop area.

     

    first published: Sep 25, 2017 02:46 pm

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