COMMODITY
Government sets record wheat production target of 119 million tonnes for 2025-26 crop year
Sep-17-2025

The government has set a record wheat production target of 119 million tonnes for the 2025-26 crop year, marking a 3.47 per cent increase from the previous year. For the 2024-25 crop year (July-June), the government had set a wheat production target of 115 million tonnes, with actual output estimated at a record 117.5 million tonnes. Wheat is the main rabi (winter) crop, with sowing beginning from late October and continuing through November. Other rabi crops include jowar, barley, gram and lentil. The total foodgrain production target has been set at 171.14 million tonnes for the 2025-26 rabi season.

The wheat production target for Uttar Pradesh has been kept at 36.40 million tonnes for the upcoming 2025-26 rabi season, while Madhya Pradesh has been assigned 24 million tonnes, Punjab 18 million tonnes, Rajasthan 11.55 million tonnes, Haryana 11.55 million tonnes, and Bihar 7.25 million tonnes. The government has set a target to produce 16.57 million tonnes of pulses and 15.07 million tonnes of oilseeds during the 2025-26 rabi season.

Talking about wheat and rice, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said the country's production has achieved global levels, but there is a need to focus more on pulses and oilseeds. The government is undertaking crop-wise reviews and will take concrete steps to increase rabi crops output. 

  RELATED NEWS >>