Farmers use a combined harvester in a wheat field in Rupnagar district of Punjab (PTI)
NEW DELHI: Backed by the forecast of a normal monsoon this year, the Centre on Thursday set India’s foodgrain production target at record 298 million tonnes in 2020-21 which is nearly 2% higher than the estimated output in 2019-20.
The agriculture ministry placed this target before the states during kharif national conference, assuring the stakeholders and farmers that the Centre has been taking all necessary measures to ensure smooth sowing operations during pre-monsoon and monsoon (June-September) period by overcoming the roadblocks created by the spread of Covid-19.
Though many states have already started their sowing operation,