Heatwave hits wheat output

New Delhi: India's wheat production is projected to have declined nearly three per cent to 106.84 million tonnes (MT), while the overall foodgrain production is estimated to have touched record 315.72MT in the 2021-22 crop year.

The wheat production is estimated to have declined due to heatwave that resulted in shrivelled grains in the Northern States of Punjab and Haryana. Releasing the fourth advance estimate for the 2021-22 crop year, the Union agriculture ministry on Wednesday said a record output is also estimated for rice, maize, gram, pulses, rapeseed and mustard, oilseeds and sugarcane.

The crop year 2021-22 was from July 2021 to June 2022. The country's overall foodgrain production is estimated to be record 315.72 million tonnes in the crop year that ended in June 2022, according to the ministry.