India, July 22 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

The Production of mango, as per second advance estimate, during 2024-25 is expected to be 228.37 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) in comparison to 223.98 LMT during 2023-24. The higher production is mainly on account of better production of processable varieties of mango particularly in Southern States.

To provide remunerative price to the farmers, Government implements Market Intervention Scheme(MIS), a component under Pradhan MantriAnnadataSanrakshanAbhiyan (PM-AASHA), for procurement of agricultural and horticultural commodities, which are perishable in nature and are not covered under the Price Support Scheme (PSS).The objective of intervention is to protect the grow...