February 9, 2011 5:52 PM

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India to achieve all-time Wheat production this year

The government today said country’s wheat production is estimated to go an all-time high of 81.47 million tonnes while food grains will rise to 232.07 million tonnes in the current year. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said the country will witness record production in wheat, pulses and cotton this year. Announcing the second advance estimate for 2010-11 crop year , Mr Pawar said this extraordinary feat is possible because of the hard efforts put in by the farming community. Lauding the cultivators, the minister said wheat output in the previous year was also high at 80.8 million tonnes in the 2009-10 crop year. He said rice output is also projected to surge to 94.01 million tonnes against 89.09 million tonnes during last crop year.

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