17 mt in the last kharif season.33 million bales (of 180 kg each), from 10.22 mt as against 13.According to the first advance estimate released on Monday by the agriculture ministry, production of all kharif foodgrains -- rice, pulses and coarse cereals -- is projected to decline from the record 138.48 mt in kharif season this year, from the record 96.86 million tonnes to 134.9 million tonnes (mt) to 94.52 mt last kharif. Maize output is pegged at 18..The kharif output estimates might be revised later taking feedback from states. Production of jute and mesta is estimated to decline to 10.

New Delhi: Indias foodgrain production is estimated to decline by 3.49 mt, against 32.As per the latest data, rice output is likely to fall by 1.78 mt while urad output may rise to 2.09 million bales.68 mt in the kharif season of this year compared to 22.71 mt in the gone-by kharif season.Coarse cereal output is also seen lower at 31.72 mt before.53 mt from 2.99 mt from 4.Among cash crops, cotton output is estimated to be slightly lower at 32. Pulse output could drop to 8.Assam, Bihar, Gujarat and Rajasthan witnessed floods while parts of Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu faced a dry spell. Soyabean output has been pegged at 12.71 mt, from the record 9.79 mt last kharif.42 mt, due to depressed prices and poor rains.

The fall in kharif output is attributed to dry spell as well as floods in some parts of the country. The production of tur is estimated to be lower at 3.69 mt, from 306.40 mt in the year- ago period.39 mt in the previous kharif.67 mt this kharif season on account of poor rains as well as floods in some parts of the country.However, sugarcane output might rise to 337.In cash crops, production of cotton, oil seeds and jute is estimated to fall and that of sugarcane to go up.

Oilseed output is estimated to be down at 20.27 million bales (of 170 kg each) in the 2017-18 crop year (July-June) from the earlier 33. Harvesting will start from next month.60 million bales last year.The overall South-West Monsoon, crucial for rain-fed kharif crops, was projected normal, but till the first week cereal containers for sale of this month, it was less by 5 per cent.73 mt this kharif as against 19. The ministry releases four estimates before the final one at different stages of harvesting.24 mt a year ago.