India is poised to surpass the food grains production in the 2010-11 crop year. Official sources said, it will surpass the previous high of 234.47 million tonnes in 2008-09. The sources said, this is mainly due to an increase in the acreage under cultivation in the ongoing rabi season.A top Agriculture Ministry Source said that a projected decline of about 4 million tonnes in rice production in the 2010-11 crop year vis-a-vis 2008-09 levels would be largely compensated by an expected surge in pulses production by two million tonnes, coupled with an over one million tonne surge in wheat output this year. The country's foodgrains production dropped to 218.2 million tonnes in the 2009-10 crop year on account of a drought that hit almost half the country.Official data says that the area under wheat cultivation in the ongoing rabi season is so far 1.1 million hectares higher than the acreage sown with the crop in the previous year and the favourable weather conditions are also conducive to a record output. Sources said that the higher production of pulses would reduce the country's dependence on imports to meet domestic demand. The country imports about 3.5 million tonnes every year to meet the annual domestic demand of 18-19 million tonnes.