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The estimated foodgrains production for agricultural year 2021-22 July-June is 1.71 per cent higher than 310.74 million tonnes recorded in 2020-21 and the target set for the current year show the estimates. It shows that wheat production is also expected to reach at the highest ever level of 111.32 million tonnes during 2021-22 which is 1.58 per cent higher than 109.59 million tonnes during the last year. The total production of rice kharif and rabi both is also expected to reach an all-time record high of 127.93 million tonnes which is 2.86 per cent higher than the last year s rice output of 124.37 million tonnes.