Food grain production, mostly wheat and rice, had jumped 6.4 per cent last year to 232 million tonnes from 218 million tonnes during the previous crop year.
The agriculture ministry has pegged rice production at 102 mt, wheat at 85 mt, coarse cereals at 41 mt, and pulses at 17 mt.
Last year, the country is estimated to have produced 94.11 mt of rice, 84.27 mt of wheat, 40.21 mt of coarse cereals and 17.29 mt of pulses.
