4th advance estimates released

4th advance estimates released



Agriculture
plays a vital importance in India?s growth story with over 60% of the
population still living in rural areas. Year 2007-08 ended on positive
note for agriculture sector. The sector grew by 4.5% in 2007-08
compared with a 3.8% annual growth in 2006-07. Thanks to near normal
monsoons expected, increase in area under crop, better reservoir
levels, improving yield, and spike in agri commodity prices, Indian
agriculture growth story is likely to continue.

As per the 4th
advanced estimates released on 9th July 2008, Indian wheat production
in rabi season has crossed 78 million tonnes. Inclusive of 96.43
million tonne of rice production, 40.73 million tonne of coarse cereals
and 15.11 million tonne of pulses, India's total total food grain
production for 2007-08 has reached 230 million tonnes.

Within
coarse cereals, production of maize recorded 19.31 million tonnes.
Likewise, within pulses, production of Tur, Urad and Moong were
estimated at 3.09 million tonne, 1.52 million tonne and 1.56 million
tonne respectively.

Oilseeds production has reached 28.82 million
tonnes as per the 4th advanced estimates. It inclcludes 9.99 million
tonne of soyabean and 9.36 million tonne of groundnut.

4(th) Advance Estimates of Production of Crops during 2007-08

		2007-08	2006-07	Change
( figures are in million tonnes)	season	4 th advance estimte	final estimates	absolute	% change
Foodgrains
Rice	Kharif	82.81	80.17	2.64	3.29
	Rabi	13.62	13.18	0.44	3.34
	Total	96.43	93.35	3.08	3.3
Wheat	Rabi	78.4	75.81	2.59	3.42
Coarse Cereals	Kharif	31.7	25.61	6.09	23.78
	Rabi	9.03	8.31	0.72	8.66
	Total	40.73	33.92	6.81	20.08
Major Coarse Cereaals
Jowar	Kharif	4.14	3.71	0.43	11.59
	Rabi	3.64	3.44	0.2	5.81
	Total	7.78	7.15	0.63	8.81
Bajra	Kharif	9.79	8.42	1.37	16.27
	Kharif	15.15	11.56	3.59	31.06
Maize	Rabi	4.16	3.54	0.62	17.51
	Total	19.31	15.1	4.21	27.88
Pulses
Tur	Kharif	3.09	2.31	0.78	33.77
Other Kharif pulses	Kharif	3.09	2.49	0.6	24.1
Gram	Rabi	5.91	6.33	-0.42	-6.64
Other rubi pulses	Rabi	2.75	3.07	-0.32	-10.42
Total Pulses	Kharif	6.45	4.8	1.65	34.38
	Rabi	8.66	9.4	-0.74	-7.87
	Total	15.11	14.2	0.91	6.41
Total foodgrains	Kharif	120.96	110.57	10.39	9.4
	Rabi	109.71	106.71	3	2.81
	Total	230.67	217.28	13.39	6.16
Commercial crops
Nine oilseeds	Kharif	19.84	14.01	5.83	41.61
	Rabi	8.98	10.28	-1.3	-12.65
	Total	28.82	24.29	4.53	18.65
Major oilseeds
Groundnut	Kharif	7.48	3.29	4.19	127.36
	Rabi	1.88	1.57	0.31	19.75
	Total	9.36	4.86	4.5	92.59
Soyabean	Kharif	9.99	8.85	1.14	12.88
Rapeseed & musters	Rabi	5.8	7.44	-1.64	-22.04
	Kharif	0.46	0.37	0.09	24.32
Sun flower	Rabi	0.94	0.86	0.08	9.3
	Total	1.4	1.23	0.17	13.82
Sugarcane	Total	340.56	355.52	-14.96	-4.21
Cotton #	Total	25.81	22.63	3.18	14.05
Jute $	Total	10.18	10.32	-0.14	-1.36
Mesta $	Total	0.99	0.96	0.03	3.13
# Million bales of 170 kg each. $ Million bales of 180 kg each Source: PIB