{ "meta": { "dossier": "farms", "frequency": "annual", "base": "ministry final estimates", "unit": "per series", "source": "Reserve Bank of India, DBIE (agriculture ministry and food ministry data), via the Data Bank", "vintage": "2026-10-10", "mock": false, "geo": "IND", "latestPeriod": "2024-04", "releaseDate": null, "revisionPolicy": "Advance estimates are revised until the ministry's final estimates; final figures change rarely. The latest year is kept apart as an advance estimate, never joined to the final years.", "periodKind": "fy", "coverage": "All India, 16 crops and crop groups, production, 1950-51 on", "stage": "final estimates (every year the Handbook does not flag as an advance estimate)", "note": "Production of foodgrains (DBIE report 623) and major commercial crops (report 624), as the agriculture ministry estimates it. Units as RBI prints them: thousand tonnes; cotton in thousand bales of 170 kg and raw jute and mesta in thousand bales of 180 kg; tea and coffee in million kg (= thousand tonnes). Oilseeds are nine of the eleven oilseeds; 1969-70 oilseeds are five major oilseeds only (RBI's note). Crop years (July to June), dated at April of their first year. 2025-26, the third advance estimates, is a different ruler and lives in farms-advance; it is never joined to these years." }, "dates": [ "1950-04-01", "1951-04-01", "1952-04-01", "1953-04-01", "1954-04-01", "1955-04-01", "1956-04-01", "1957-04-01", "1958-04-01", "1959-04-01", "1960-04-01", "1961-04-01", "1962-04-01", "1963-04-01", "1964-04-01", "1965-04-01", "1966-04-01", "1967-04-01", "1968-04-01", "1969-04-01", "1970-04-01", "1971-04-01", "1972-04-01", "1973-04-01", "1974-04-01", "1975-04-01", "1976-04-01", "1977-04-01", "1978-04-01", "1979-04-01", "1980-04-01", "1981-04-01", "1982-04-01", "1983-04-01", "1984-04-01", "1985-04-01", "1986-04-01", "1987-04-01", "1988-04-01", "1989-04-01", "1990-04-01", "1991-04-01", "1992-04-01", "1993-04-01", "1994-04-01", "1995-04-01", "1996-04-01", "1997-04-01", "1998-04-01", "1999-04-01", "2000-04-01", "2001-04-01", "2002-04-01", "2003-04-01", "2004-04-01", "2005-04-01", "2006-04-01", "2007-04-01", "2008-04-01", "2009-04-01", "2010-04-01", "2011-04-01", "2012-04-01", "2013-04-01", "2014-04-01", "2015-04-01", "2016-04-01", "2017-04-01", "2018-04-01", "2019-04-01", "2020-04-01", "2021-04-01", "2022-04-01", "2023-04-01", "2024-04-01" ], "series": { "rice": { "name": "production_rice", "label": "Rice", "unit": "thousand_tonne", "unitNote": "thousand tonnes", "group": "Cereals", "crop": "rice", "color": "#5F6675", "data": [ 20580, 21300, 22900, 28210, 25220, 27560, 29040, 25530, 30850, 31680, 34580, 35660, 33210, 37000, 39310, 30590, 30440, 37610, 39760, 40430, 42220, 43070, 39240, 44050, 39580, 48740, 41920, 52670, 53770, 42330, 53630, 53250, 47120, 60100, 58340, 63830, 60560, 56860, 70490, 73570, 74290, 74680, 72860, 80300, 81810, 76980, 81730, 82540, 86080, 89680, 84980, 93340, 71820, 88530, 83130, 91790, 93360, 96690, 99180, 89090, 95980, 105300, 105240, 106650, 105480, 104410, 109698, 112760, 116480, 118870, 124368, 129471, 135755, 137825, 150184 ] }, "wheat": { "name": "production_wheat", "label": "Wheat", "unit": "thousand_tonne", "unitNote": "thousand tonnes", "group": "Cereals", "crop": "wheat", "color": "#878D99", "data": [ 6460, 6180, 7500, 8020, 9040, 8760, 9400, 7990, 9960, 10320, 11000, 12070, 10780, 9850, 12260, 10400, 11390, 16540, 18650, 20090, 23830, 26410, 24740, 21780, 24100, 28840, 29010, 31750, 35510, 31830, 36310, 37450, 42790, 45480, 44070, 47050, 44320, 46170, 54110, 49850, 55140, 55690, 57210, 59840, 65770, 62100, 69350, 66350, 71290, 76370, 69680, 72770, 65760, 72160, 68640, 69350, 75810, 78570, 80680, 80800, 86870, 94880, 93510, 95850, 86530, 92290, 98510, 99870, 103600, 107860, 109586, 107742, 110554, 113292, 117945 ] }, "coarse_cereals": { "name": "production_coarse_cereals", "label": "Coarse cereals", "unit": "thousand_tonne", "unitNote": "thousand tonnes", "group": "Cereals", "crop": "coarse_cereals", "color": "#A3A9B4", "data": [ 15380, 16090, 19610, 22970, 22820, 19490, 19870, 21230, 23180, 22870, 23740, 23220, 24630, 23720, 25370, 21420, 24050, 28800, 25180, 27290, 30550, 24600, 23140, 28830, 26130, 30410, 28880, 30020, 30440, 26970, 29020, 31090, 27750, 33900, 31170, 26200, 26830, 26360, 31470, 34760, 32700, 25990, 36590, 30820, 29880, 29030, 34110, 30400, 31330, 30340, 31080, 33370, 26070, 37600, 33460, 34070, 33920, 40750, 40040, 33550, 43400, 42010, 40040, 43290, 42860, 38520, 43770, 46970, 43060, 47750, 51324, 51101, 57319, 56936, 63921 ] }, "cereals": { "name": "production_cereals", "label": "Cereals", "unit": "thousand_tonne", "unitNote": "thousand tonnes", "group": "Cereals", "crop": "cereals", "color": "#C9CED6", "data": [ 42420, 43570, 50010, 59200, 57080, 55810, 58310, 54750, 63990, 64870, 69320, 70950, 68620, 70570, 76940, 62400, 65900, 83000, 83600, 87800, 96600, 94100, 87100, 94700, 89800, 108000, 99800, 114400, 119700, 101100, 119000, 121800, 117700, 139500, 133600, 137100, 131700, 129400, 156100, 158200, 162100, 156400, 166700, 171000, 177500, 168100, 185200, 179300, 188700, 196400, 185700, 199500, 163700, 198300, 185200, 195200, 203100, 216000, 219900, 203500, 226300, 242200, 238800, 245800, 234900, 235200, 252000, 259600, 263100, 274500, 285279, 288314, 303630, 308052, 332050 ] }, "pulses": { "name": "production_pulses", "label": "Pulses", "unit": "thousand_tonne", "unitNote": "thousand tonnes", "group": "Pulses", "crop": "pulses", "color": "#5F6675", "data": [ 8410, 8420, 9190, 10620, 10950, 11040, 11550, 9560, 13150, 11800, 12700, 11760, 11530, 10070, 12420, 9940, 8350, 12100, 10420, 11690, 11820, 11090, 9910, 10010, 10020, 13040, 11360, 11970, 12180, 8570, 10630, 11510, 11860, 12890, 11960, 13360, 11710, 10960, 13850, 12860, 14260, 12020, 12820, 13300, 14040, 12310, 14240, 13830, 14910, 13410, 11070, 13370, 11130, 14910, 13130, 13380, 14200, 14760, 14570, 14660, 18240, 17090, 18340, 19250, 17150, 16320, 23130, 25420, 22080, 23030, 25463, 27302, 26058, 24246, 25683 ] }, "foodgrains": { "name": "production_foodgrains", "label": "Foodgrains", "unit": "thousand_tonne", "unitNote": "thousand tonnes", "group": "Foodgrains", "crop": "foodgrains", "color": "#2E4BD8", "data": [ 50830, 51990, 59200, 69820, 68030, 66850, 69860, 64310, 77140, 76670, 82020, 82710, 80150, 80640, 89360, 72400, 74200, 95100, 94000, 99500, 108400, 105200, 97000, 104700, 99800, 121000, 111200, 126400, 131900, 109700, 129600, 133300, 129500, 152400, 145500, 150400, 143400, 140400, 169900, 171000, 176400, 168400, 179500, 184300, 191500, 180400, 199400, 193100, 203600, 209800, 196800, 212900, 174800, 213200, 198400, 208600, 217300, 230800, 234500, 218100, 244500, 259300, 257100, 265000, 252000, 251500, 275100, 285000, 285200, 297500, 310742, 315616, 329687, 332298, 357732 ] }, "groundnut": { "name": "production_groundnut", "label": "Groundnut", "unit": "thousand_tonne", "unitNote": "thousand tonnes", "group": "Oilseeds", "crop": "groundnut", "color": "#878D99", "data": [ 3480, 3190, 2930, 3450, 4250, 3860, 4370, 4710, 5180, 4560, 4810, 4990, 5060, 5300, 6000, 4260, 4410, 5730, 4630, 5130, 6110, 6180, 4090, 5930, 5110, 6760, 5260, 6090, 6210, 5770, 5010, 7220, 5280, 7090, 6440, 5120, 5880, 5850, 9660, 8100, 7510, 7090, 8560, 7830, 8060, 7580, 8640, 7370, 8980, 5250, 6410, 7030, 4120, 8130, 6770, 7990, 4860, 9180, 7170, 5430, 8270, 6960, 4700, 9710, 7400, 6730, 7460, 9253, 6730, 9950, 10244, 10135, 10297, 10180, 11942 ] }, "rapeseed_mustard": { "name": "production_rapeseed_mustard", "label": "Rapeseed and mustard", "unit": "thousand_tonne", "unitNote": "thousand tonnes", "group": "Oilseeds", "crop": "rapeseed_mustard", "color": "#A3A9B4", "data": [ 760, 940, 860, 870, 1040, 860, 1040, 930, 1040, 1060, 1350, 1350, 1300, 920, 1470, 1300, 1230, 1570, 1350, 1560, 1980, 1430, 1810, 1700, 2250, 1940, 1550, 1650, 1860, 1430, 2300, 2380, 2210, 2610, 3070, 2680, 2600, 3450, 4380, 4130, 5230, 5860, 4800, 5330, 5760, 6000, 6660, 4700, 5660, 5790, 4190, 5080, 3880, 6290, 7590, 8130, 7440, 5830, 7200, 6610, 8180, 6600, 8030, 7880, 6280, 6790, 7920, 8430, 9260, 9120, 10210, 11963, 12643, 13259, 12667 ] }, "soyabean": { "name": "production_soyabean", "label": "Soyabean", "unit": "thousand_tonne", "unitNote": "thousand tonnes", "group": "Oilseeds", "crop": "soyabean", "color": "#C9CED6", "data": [ null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 10, 10, 30, 40, 50, 90, 120, 180, 300, 280, 440, 350, 490, 610, 950, 1020, 890, 900, 1550, 1810, 2600, 2490, 3390, 4750, 3930, 5100, 5380, 6460, 7140, 7080, 5280, 5960, 4660, 7820, 6880, 8270, 8850, 10970, 9910, 9960, 12740, 12210, 14670, 11860, 10370, 8570, 13160, 10933, 13270, 11230, 12610, 12987, 14985, 13062, 15268 ] }, "oilseeds": { "name": "production_oilseeds", "label": "Oilseeds (nine)", "unit": "thousand_tonne", "unitNote": "thousand tonnes", "group": "Oilseeds", "crop": "oilseeds", "color": "#5F6675", "data": [ 5160, 5030, 4730, 5370, 6400, 5730, 6360, 6350, 7300, 6560, 6980, 7280, 7390, 7130, 8560, 6400, 6430, 8300, 6850, 7730, 9630, 9080, 7140, 9390, 9150, 10610, 8430, 9660, 10100, 8740, 9370, 12080, 10000, 12690, 12950, 10830, 11270, 12650, 18030, 16920, 18610, 18600, 20110, 21500, 21340, 22110, 24380, 21320, 24750, 20710, 18440, 20660, 14840, 25190, 24350, 27980, 24290, 29760, 27720, 24880, 32480, 29800, 30940, 32750, 27510, 25250, 31280, 31459, 31520, 33220, 35946, 37963, 41355, 39669, 42989 ] }, "sugarcane": { "name": "production_sugarcane", "label": "Sugarcane", "unit": "thousand_tonne", "unitNote": "thousand tonnes", "group": "Commercial crops", "crop": "sugarcane", "color": "#878D99", "data": [ 57050, 61630, 51000, 44410, 58740, 60540, 69050, 71160, 73360, 77820, 110000, 103970, 91910, 104230, 121910, 123990, 92830, 95500, 124680, 135020, 126370, 113570, 124870, 140810, 144290, 140600, 153010, 176970, 151660, 128830, 154250, 186360, 189510, 174080, 170320, 170650, 186090, 196740, 203040, 225570, 241050, 254000, 228030, 229660, 275540, 281100, 277560, 279540, 288720, 299320, 295960, 297210, 287380, 233860, 237090, 281170, 355520, 348190, 285030, 292300, 342380, 361040, 341200, 352140, 362330, 348440, 306070, 379905, 405416, 370500, 405399, 439425, 490533, 453158, 454611 ] }, "cotton": { "name": "production_cotton", "label": "Cotton (lint)", "unit": "thousand_bales", "unitNote": "thousand bales of 170 kg", "group": "Fibres", "crop": "cotton", "color": "#A3A9B4", "data": [ 3040, 3280, 3340, 4130, 4450, 4180, 4920, 4960, 4880, 3680, 5600, 4850, 5540, 5750, 6010, 4850, 5270, 5780, 5450, 5560, 4760, 6950, 5740, 6310, 7160, 5950, 5840, 7240, 7960, 7650, 7010, 7880, 7530, 6390, 8510, 8730, 6910, 6380, 8740, 11420, 9840, 9710, 11400, 10740, 11890, 12860, 14230, 10850, 12290, 11530, 9520, 10000, 8620, 13730, 16430, 18500, 22630, 25880, 22280, 24020, 33000, 35200, 34220, 35900, 34810, 30000, 32580, 32805, 28040, 36070, 35248, 31118, 33660, 32522, 29724 ] }, "jute_mesta": { "name": "production_jute_mesta", "label": "Raw jute and mesta", "unit": "thousand_bales", "unitNote": "thousand bales of 180 kg", "group": "Fibres", "crop": "jute_mesta", "color": "#C9CED6", "data": [ 3310, 4720, 5320, 3770, 3860, 5390, 5810, 5330, 6910, 5690, 5260, 8240, 7190, 7980, 7660, 5780, 6580, 7590, 3840, 6790, 6190, 6840, 6090, 7680, 5830, 5910, 7100, 7150, 8330, 7960, 8160, 8370, 7170, 7720, 7790, 12650, 8620, 6780, 7860, 8290, 9230, 10290, 8590, 8430, 9080, 8810, 11130, 11020, 9810, 10550, 10560, 11680, 11280, 11170, 10270, 10840, 11270, 11210, 10370, 11820, 10620, 11400, 10930, 11690, 11130, 10520, 10960, 10033, 9820, 9880, 9354, 10149, 9392, 9692, 8802 ] }, "tea": { "name": "production_tea", "label": "Tea", "unit": "thousand_tonne", "unitNote": "million kg (thousand tonnes)", "group": "Plantation crops", "crop": "tea", "color": "#5F6675", "data": [ null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 419, 435, 456, 472, 489, 487, 512, 556, 564, 544, 569.6, 560.4, 560.7, 581.5, 639.9, 656.2, 624.6, 674.3, 701.1, 684.1, 720.34, 754.19, 703.93, 760.83, 752.9, 756.02, 780.14, 835.64, 855.16, 836.86, 848.43, 851.41, 845.97, 878.65, 906.84, 948.94, 973.07, 987.02, 972.77, 991.18, 966.73, 1095.46, 1135.07, 1208.78, 1197.18, 1233.14, 1250.49, 1325.05, 1350.04, 1360.81, 1283.03, 1344.4, 1374.97, 1382.03, 1315.77 ] }, "coffee": { "name": "production_coffee", "label": "Coffee", "unit": "thousand_tonne", "unitNote": "million kg (thousand tonnes)", "group": "Plantation crops", "crop": "coffee", "color": "#878D99", "data": [ null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 110.23, 68.95, 91.07, 86.39, 92.51, 83.98, 102.3, 125.14, 110.49, 149.84, 118.65, 152.1, 129.95, 105.03, 195.11, 122.45, 192.09, 122.71, 214.72, 118.05, 169.73, 180, 169.4, 212.09, 180.1, 223, 205, 228.3, 265, 292, 301.2, 300.6, 275.3, 270.5, 275.5, 274, 288, 262, 262.3, 289.6, 302, 314, 318.2, 304.5, 327, 348, 312, 316, 319.5, 298, 334, 342, 352, 360, 363 ] }, "tobacco": { "name": "production_tobacco", "label": "Tobacco", "unit": "thousand_tonne", "unitNote": "thousand tonnes", "group": "Commercial crops", "crop": "tobacco", "color": "#A3A9B4", "data": [ 260, 210, 250, 270, 260, 300, 310, 240, 320, 290, 310, 340, 340, 360, 360, 290, 350, 370, 360, 340, 360, 420, 370, 460, 360, 350, 420, 490, 450, 440, 480, 520, 580, 490, 490, 440, 460, 370, 490, 550, 560, 580, 600, 560, 570, 540, 620, 640, 740, 520, 340, 550, 490, 550, 550, 500, 470, 440, 570, 690, 880, 750, 660, 740, 860, 800, 810, 950, 660, 800, 760, 818, 770, 866, 1037 ] } } }