India is set to target 354.64 million tonnes of foodgrain production in the 2025-26 crop year, starting in July, due to better monsoon rains. The country’s foodgrain production has already reached 330.92 million tonnes in the Kharif and Rabi seasons of the current 2024-25 crop year.
The summer season (zaid), sown between February and June, saw 16.5 million tonnes in 2023-24. The government has set a target of 147.35 million tonnes of rice production for the 2025-26 crop year. Paddy is grown in all three seasons.
The country is estimated to have produced 136.44 million tonnes in the Kharif and Rabi seasons of 2024-25, and the number will increase once summer (zaid) season estimates are released.
For wheat grown only in the rabi season, the production target has been set at 117.40 million tonnes, down from the total production of 115.43 million tonnes in the current 2024-25 crop year.
