Assam has been ranked 1st in rice production in 2010-11 by the Union Agriculture Ministry. A statement released by the state Agriculture department said that the State scored 93 points out of one hundred to get the first rank. The department also said that the state has produced around 51 lakh Metric ton rice in 2010-2011 which is 15.4 percent higher than the year-ago period. The productivity of rice has also risen to 1969 Kg per hectare in this period as compared to earlier record of 1765 kg per hectare.Assam has made the progress in the production of rice due to proper implementation of different schemes like Rashtriya Krishi Vikash Yojana, National Food Security Mission along with proper irrigation and mechanization programme and increase of fertilizer consumption. The state Agriculture department has increased the irrigation potentiality to 6.15 lakh hectares of land through installation of 2 lakh 85 thousand Shallow Tube Wells and 22 thousand Low Lift Pump sets. Along with rice production, Assam has also witnessed considerable increase in production of food grains. The state produced 53 lakh Metric ton food grains in the year 2010-2011 which was also 15 percent higher than that of the previous year.