New Delhi, June 25 -- The second advance estimates for horticultural crops in 2024-25 indicate a total production of 367.72 million tonnes (mt), a 3.7% increase compared to the previous year. This includes a projected rise in the production of key vegetables such as potato, onion, green chilli, bottle guard and fruit.

The estimates were released by the Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare on Wednesday.

Releasing the data, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union agriculture minister, said that the total area under horticulture crops witness an increase of 1.81 lakh hectares to 29.26 million hectares and the country witness record production of 367.72 mt.

The matter assumes significance as the increase in the production of horticulture cr...