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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