New Delhi, March 10 -- India has produced record rice, wheat, and maize in the 2024-25 kharif season, as per Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare's second advance estimates of production of major agricultural crops.

India has produced Kharif foodgrains to the tune of 1,663.91 lakh tonne and Rabi foodgrains (excluding summer crop) at 1,645.27 lakh tonne.

Kharif rice is estimated at 1,206.79 lakh tonne while Rabi rice (excluding summer) at 157.58 lakh tonne.

Wheat production is projected at 1,154.30 lakh tonne, while kharif maize at 248.11 lakh tonne; rabi maize (excluding summer) at 124.38 lakh tonne.

Kharif Rice production is estimated at 1,206.79 lakh tonne as compared to 1,132.59 lakh tonne in 2023-24, showing an increase of...