{
  "id": "agr-oilseeds-103",
  "question": "How much oilseed does India produce?",
  "topic": "Agriculture",
  "unit": "million tonnes",
  "decimals": 1,
  "measures": "Production of the nine major oilseeds (groundnut, castorseed, sesamum, nigerseed, soybean, sunflower, rapeseed & mustard, linseed and safflower) in million tonnes, all seasons together, from the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. The latest year is the third advance estimate and will be revised; earlier years are final estimates.",
  "verified": true,
  "source": {
    "name": "Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW), Third Advance Estimates of Production of Food Grains, Oilseeds & Commercial Crops 2025-26, time series",
    "url": "https://desagri.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Time-Series-3rd-AE-2025-26-English.pdf",
    "table": "Total Oil Seeds (10 = 1+…+9), Total row, lakh tonnes ÷ 10; as on 27.05.2026 (2015-16 to 2024-25 final, 2025-26 third advance estimates)",
    "licence": "GODL-India"
  },
  "released": "2026-05-27",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-20",
  "nextDueBy": "2027-01-01",
  "processing": "Published in lakh tonnes; divided by 10 to give million tonnes. Nothing else computed.",
  "exam": {
    "publisher": "Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare",
    "survey": "Advance and final estimates of production of foodgrains, oilseeds and commercial crops",
    "frequency": "Three advance estimates through the crop year (July–June), then final estimates; the advance estimates of a year leave out seasons not yet harvested",
    "measures": "Production of the nine major oilseeds (all seasons), million tonnes",
    "notes": [
      "Nine oilseeds: groundnut, castorseed, sesamum, nigerseed, soybean, sunflower, rapeseed & mustard, linseed, safflower",
      "Soybean and groundnut are mainly kharif crops; rapeseed & mustard is rabi",
      "Oilseeds are not part of foodgrains"
    ]
  },
  "targets": [],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "2015-16",
      "start": "2015-04",
      "end": "2016-03",
      "value": 25.251
    },
    {
      "period": "2016-17",
      "start": "2016-04",
      "end": "2017-03",
      "value": 31.276
    },
    {
      "period": "2017-18",
      "start": "2017-04",
      "end": "2018-03",
      "value": 31.459
    },
    {
      "period": "2018-19",
      "start": "2018-04",
      "end": "2019-03",
      "value": 31.522
    },
    {
      "period": "2019-20",
      "start": "2019-04",
      "end": "2020-03",
      "value": 33.219
    },
    {
      "period": "2020-21",
      "start": "2020-04",
      "end": "2021-03",
      "value": 35.946
    },
    {
      "period": "2021-22",
      "start": "2021-04",
      "end": "2022-03",
      "value": 37.963
    },
    {
      "period": "2022-23",
      "start": "2022-04",
      "end": "2023-03",
      "value": 41.355
    },
    {
      "period": "2023-24",
      "start": "2023-04",
      "end": "2024-03",
      "value": 39.669
    },
    {
      "period": "2024-25",
      "start": "2024-04",
      "end": "2025-03",
      "value": 42.989
    },
    {
      "period": "2025-26",
      "start": "2025-04",
      "end": "2026-03",
      "value": 43.059
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/agr-oilseeds-103/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/agr-oilseeds-103/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/agr-oilseeds-103/versions.csv"
}