{
  "id": "agr-foodgrain-065",
  "question": "How much foodgrain does India produce?",
  "topic": "Agriculture",
  "unit": "million tonnes",
  "decimals": 1,
  "measures": "Production of foodgrains (rice, wheat, nutri/coarse cereals and pulses) in million tonnes, kharif, rabi and summer seasons together, from the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. The latest year is the third advance estimate and will be revised. The first two advance estimates of a year leave out some seasons, so a year is charted only once all three are in.",
  "verified": true,
  "source": {
    "name": "Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW), Third Advance Estimates of Production of Food Grains 2025-26, time series",
    "url": "https://desagri.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Time-Series-3rd-AE-2025-26-English.pdf",
    "table": "Total Food Grains (19 = 11 + 18), Total row, lakh tonnes ÷ 10; as on 27.05.2026",
    "licence": "GODL-India"
  },
  "released": "2026-05-27",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-18",
  "nextDueBy": "2027-01-01",
  "processing": "Lakh tonnes divided by 10 to give million tonnes.",
  "exam": {
    "publisher": "Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare",
    "survey": "Third Advance Estimates of Production of Food Grains 2025-26",
    "frequency": "Advance estimates through the year, then final estimates",
    "measures": "Production of foodgrains (rice, wheat, nutri/coarse cereals and pulses), kharif, rabi and summer seasons together",
    "notes": [
      "The first two advance estimates of a year leave out some seasons, so a year is shown only once all three seasons are estimated.",
      "Foodgrains are cereals (rice, wheat, nutri/coarse cereals) plus pulses; oilseeds and commercial crops are not included."
    ]
  },
  "targets": [],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "2015-16",
      "start": "2015-04",
      "end": "2016-03",
      "value": 251.541
    },
    {
      "period": "2016-17",
      "start": "2016-04",
      "end": "2017-03",
      "value": 275.11
    },
    {
      "period": "2017-18",
      "start": "2017-04",
      "end": "2018-03",
      "value": 285.014
    },
    {
      "period": "2018-19",
      "start": "2018-04",
      "end": "2019-03",
      "value": 285.209
    },
    {
      "period": "2019-20",
      "start": "2019-04",
      "end": "2020-03",
      "value": 297.504
    },
    {
      "period": "2020-21",
      "start": "2020-04",
      "end": "2021-03",
      "value": 310.742
    },
    {
      "period": "2021-22",
      "start": "2021-04",
      "end": "2022-03",
      "value": 315.616
    },
    {
      "period": "2022-23",
      "start": "2022-04",
      "end": "2023-03",
      "value": 329.687
    },
    {
      "period": "2023-24",
      "start": "2023-04",
      "end": "2024-03",
      "value": 332.298
    },
    {
      "period": "2024-25",
      "start": "2024-04",
      "end": "2025-03",
      "value": 357.732
    },
    {
      "period": "2025-26",
      "start": "2025-04",
      "end": "2026-03",
      "value": 376.563
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/agr-foodgrain-065/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/agr-foodgrain-065/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/agr-foodgrain-065/versions.csv"
}