Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Production of Wheat
Posted On: 16 DEC 2022 6:28PM by PIB Delhi
The production of wheat in the country during the last two years is as follows:
|
Year |
Production (Million tonnes) |
|
2021-22 (4th Advance Estimate) |
106.84 |
|
2020-21 |
109.59 |
The production of wheat during 2021-22 (4th Advance Estimate) is estimated at 106.84 million tonnes as compared to 109.59 million tonnes during 2020-21 registering a slight dip of 2.75 million tonnes (2.5%). Further, the wheat production during last two years is higher than the average (2016-17 to 2020-21) wheat production of 103.88 million tonnes in the country.
The storage of wheat (Central pool) in the country during 2020, 2021 and 2022 is as follows:
(in lakh tonnes)
|
Year |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
|
January |
327.96 |
342.90 |
330.12 |
|
February |
303.66 |
318.31 |
282.73 |
|
March |
275.21 |
295.41 |
234.00 |
|
April |
247.00 |
273.04 |
189.90 |
|
May |
357.70 |
525.65 |
303.46 |
|
June |
558.25 |
602.91 |
311.42 |
|
July |
549.91 |
603.56 |
285.10 |
|
August |
513.28 |
564.80 |
266.45 |
|
September |
478.32 |
517.87 |
248.22 |
|
October |
437.38 |
468.52 |
227.46 |
|
November |
402.99 |
419.81 |
210.46 |
|
December |
367.54 |
378.53 |
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The details of wheat exported to other countries during last two year is as follows:
|
Year |
Export (in Tonnes) |
|
2020-21 |
2154973 |
|
2021-22 |
7244842 |
This information was given by the Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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