<span style="color: #222222;">The agriculture ministry aims to increase foodgrain production by 6.35 million tonnes, to record 298.3 million tonnes in the 2020-21 crop year riding high on hopes of normal monsoon.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The ministry has set a target of 149.9 million tonnes of foodgrain production in the kharif or summer season and 148.4 million tonnes in the rabi or winter season, taking the total food-grain target to a record 298.3 million tonnes in the 2020-21 crop year.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Rice production target has been fixed at 117.5 million tonnes in 2020-21. Target for wheat output has been kept at 106.5 million tonnes.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''<br />''The food-grain output in the 2019-20 crop year is estimated at an all-time high of nealry 292 million tonnes, as per the second advance estimates released by the agricuture ministry in February.</span><br />