New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- India's foodgrain output is expected to improve this fiscal year due to an increase in sowing area aided by above-normal monsoon showers, but it will not be a bumper crop given crop damage in some states due to rains.

Foodgrain production for 2025-26 is estimated to be 362.50 million tonnes (mt), marking a 2.4% increase from the level seen a year ago, said Union agriculture and farmers' welfare minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, said at a conference on Tuesday.

According to the third advance estimates released by the agriculture ministry in May, the country achieved a record foodgrain production of 353.96 mt in 2024-25, which is 21.66 mt higher than the production of 332.30 mt in 2023-24, registering an increase of ...