{
  "id": "agr-rice-100",
  "question": "How much rice does India produce?",
  "topic": "Agriculture",
  "unit": "million tonnes",
  "decimals": 1,
  "measures": "Production of rice 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; earlier years are final estimates. Before 2022-23 the summer crop was counted with rabi, which does not change the totals.",
  "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": "Rice, Total row (S No. 1), 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 rice (all seasons), million tonnes",
    "notes": [
      "The crop year runs July to June; rice is grown in kharif, rabi and summer seasons",
      "Summer-season figures are shown separately from 2022-23; before that they were included in rabi",
      "Foodgrains = rice + wheat + nutri/coarse cereals + pulses"
    ]
  },
  "targets": [],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "2015-16",
      "start": "2015-04",
      "end": "2016-03",
      "value": 104.408
    },
    {
      "period": "2016-17",
      "start": "2016-04",
      "end": "2017-03",
      "value": 109.698
    },
    {
      "period": "2017-18",
      "start": "2017-04",
      "end": "2018-03",
      "value": 112.758
    },
    {
      "period": "2018-19",
      "start": "2018-04",
      "end": "2019-03",
      "value": 116.478
    },
    {
      "period": "2019-20",
      "start": "2019-04",
      "end": "2020-03",
      "value": 118.87
    },
    {
      "period": "2020-21",
      "start": "2020-04",
      "end": "2021-03",
      "value": 124.368
    },
    {
      "period": "2021-22",
      "start": "2021-04",
      "end": "2022-03",
      "value": 129.471
    },
    {
      "period": "2022-23",
      "start": "2022-04",
      "end": "2023-03",
      "value": 135.755
    },
    {
      "period": "2023-24",
      "start": "2023-04",
      "end": "2024-03",
      "value": 137.825
    },
    {
      "period": "2024-25",
      "start": "2024-04",
      "end": "2025-03",
      "value": 150.184
    },
    {
      "period": "2025-26",
      "start": "2025-04",
      "end": "2026-03",
      "value": 154.024
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/agr-rice-100/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/agr-rice-100/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/agr-rice-100/versions.csv"
}