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The foodgrains production during 2004-05 has now been estimated at 204.61 million tonnes. According to the Fourth Advance Estimates of the Ministry of Agriculture, this includes 103.32 million tonnes of Kharif foodgrains and 101.29 million tonnes of Rabi foodgrains. The Fourth Advance Estimates put the rice production at 85.31 million tonnes, wheat production at 72 million tonnes, coarse cereals at 33.92 million tonnes and pulses at 13.38 million tonnes. The production of oilseeds has been put at 261.03 lakh tonnes, of cotton at 170.02 lakh bales of 170 kgs each, of jute and mesta at 104.89 lakh bales of 180 kgs of each and of sugarcane at 2323.18 lakh tonnes. The comparative figures of production of foodgrains and principal commercial crop from 1993-94 onwards are annexed.
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