APPENDIX TABLE 6 : AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

(Million tonnes)

Crop

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06#

1

2

3

4

5

6

1.

All Crops: Annual Growth Rate (per cent) $

7.6

-13.2

16.1

-2.7

7.9

a)

Foodgrains

9.4

-14.9

16.4

-7.2

4.4

b)

Non-foodgrains

5.4

-11.1

15.6

2.6

11.8

2.

Foodgrains (a+b)

212.9

174.8

213.2

198.4

208.3

i)

Rice

93.3

71.8

88.5

83.1

91.0

ii)

Wheat

72.8

65.8

72.2

68.6

69.5

iii)

Coarse Cereals

33.4

26.1

37.6

33.5

34.7

iv)

Pulses

13.4

11.1

14.9

13.1

13.1

a) Kharif

112.1

87.2

117.0

103.3

109.7

i) Rice

80.5

63.1

78.6

72.2

78.0

ii) Coarse Cereals

26.7

20.0

32.2

26.4

27.0

iii) Pulses

4.8

4.2

6.2

4.7

4.7

b) Rabi

100.8

87.6

96.2

95.1

98.6

i) Rice

12.8

8.7

9.9

10.9

13.0

ii) Wheat

72.8

65.8

72.2

68.6

69.5

iii) Coarse Cereals

6.7

6.1

5.4

7.1

7.7

iv) Pulses

8.5

7.0

8.7

8.4

8.5

3.

Non-foodgrains

i)

Oilseeds ++

20.7

14.8

25.2

24.4

27.7

ii)

Sugarcane

297.2

287.4

233.9

237.1

278.4

iii)

Cotton @

10.0

8.6

13.7

16.4

19.6

iv)

Jute and Mesta +

11.7

11.3

11.2

10.3

10.7

v)

Tea*

853.9

838.5

878.1

982.9

928.0

vi)

Coffee*

300.6

275.3

270.5

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

: Not available.

# : Production based on Fourth Advance Estimates.

$ : Based on Index of Agricultural Production with base triennium ending 1993-94=100.

++ : For nine oilseeds out of eleven in all.

@ : Million bales of 170 kg. each.

+ : Million bales of 180 kg. each.

* : Million kilograms; data for tea on a calendar year basis.

Source : Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India .