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cereal · 2025-26 Final Estimates

Rice in Indiaचावल

154million tonnes · all-India production, 2025-26

What the figures show

8 of 61 reporting states account for three-quarters of India's rice output — led by Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana. National output has risen 68.5% since 2015-16, from 91.4 million tonnes to 154 million tonnes.

Where Rice grows

LA
JK
HP1PB125HR62UT6
RJ8
DL
UP198
SK
AR
GJ19MP101BR87AS52
NL
DD
DH
MH34CT99JH34WB171
ML
MN
GA
TG185OD102
TR
MZ
KA38AP106
LD
KL5TN78
PY
AN
lessmore▨ not reported
Production, 2025-26. Each square is one state or union territory — equal squares, so a small state is as visible as a large one.

Ranked states

share of national
  1. 01Uttar Pradesh19.812.9%
  2. 02Telangana18.512.0%
  3. 03West Bengal17.111.1%
  4. 04Punjab12.58.1%
  5. 05Andhra Pradesh10.66.9%
  6. 06Odisha10.26.6%
  7. 07Madhya Pradesh10.16.6%
  8. 08Chhattisgarh9.916.4%
  9. 09Bihar8.755.7%
  10. 10Tamil Nadu7.765.0%

All-India, 2015-16 to 2025-26

984.51138.41292.21446.01599.82015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26
Productionin lakh tonnes

Support price

₹ / quintal · marketing season
  • Paddy (Common)Minimum Support Price₹2,4412026-27+72
  • Paddy (Grade 'A')Minimum Support Price₹2,3892025-26+69

The year is the marketing season — KMS for a kharif crop, RMS for a rabi one. That is the season the price is announced for and procured against.

Beyond the figures — our rice guide covers varieties, cultivation, economics and the latest coverage.

Provenance receipt

TIER A · 3RD ADVANCE ESTIMATES

Source 1 of 2 · foodgrains-all-india-2015-16-to-2024-25

Originator
Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India
Release
Final Estimate of Production of Food Grains for 2024-25
Accessed
2026-09-15

Source 2 of 2 · statewise-apy-2021-22-to-2025-26

Originator
Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India
Release
Crop Profile: State-wise Area, Production & Yield of All Crops
Accessed
2026-09-15
Estimate round
3rd Advance Estimates
Trust
Primary source, final round — quotable as our figure without qualification.
What is wrong with this data (13)
  • Units differ from the horticulture store: AREA IS IN LAKH HECTARES, PRODUCTION IN LAKH TONNES, YIELD IN KG PER HECTARE. The measure keys name their unit so a mix-up cannot pass silently.
  • Columns named Cereals, Nutri/Coarse Cereals, Shree Anna /Nutri Cereals, Small Millets, Other Pulses, Total Food Grains and Total Pulses are AGGREGATES of other rows, not crops. They would double-count if summed.
  • A figure absent in the source is absent, not zero. The source writes '@' and '$' for not-available and those are read as null.
  • This release covers FOODGRAINS only — cereals and pulses. No oilseeds, cotton or sugarcane.
  • These are the NATIONAL figures and are the only correct denominator for a district's or state's share of India.
  • Cotton, jute and mesta are EXCLUDED from this file. The source reports them in lakh bales (cotton 170 kg/bale, jute and mesta 180 kg/bale) while every other figure here is lakh tonnes, and one file declares one unit. They need their own dataset.
  • '@' and '$' in the source mean 'included in Rabi' and 'included in Kharif' respectively — the season split is not separately published, though the crop total is.
  • UNITS ARE LAKH, NOT '000, and differ from the horticulture store: area in lakh hectares, production in lakh tonnes, yield in kg per hectare. The measure keys name their unit so a mix-up cannot pass silently.
  • FIBRE PRODUCTION IS IN BALES, and a bale is not one weight: cotton 170 kg, jute/mesta/sannhemp 180 kg. They share the source's single 'Production' column; the measure key carries the weight so the two can never be summed together or read as tonnes.
  • 2025-26 is the 3rd Advance Estimate, not Final. It is recorded per period and must never be quoted as a settled figure.
  • Rows named Cereals, Jute & Mesta, Nutri/Coarse Cereals, Other Pulses, Shree Anna /Nutri Cereals, Small Millets, Total Food Grains, Total Oil Seeds, Total Pulses are AGGREGATES of other rows, not crops. They would double-count if summed.
  • 'Others' here is the remainder the release has not broken out — the COMPLEMENT of the named states, not a duplicate of them. It never appears beside a named union territory, and including it reconciles 88 of 89 crop-seasons to the all-India figure. It is still never printed as a place.
  • A figure absent in the source is absent, not zero: the export writes an empty cell for missing and a literal 0.00 for a real zero, and the two are never conflated.

Cite the originator and the estimate round, not IndianAgri alone — these are Government of India statistics, compiled here. Original release.

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