India — the world’s rice raja

Paddy cultivation is highly water-intensive. A good monsoon and improved acreage in this kharif season portend higher output of milled rice in 2013-14 — more than the highest of 104 million tonnes (mt) rice in 2011-12. Production of both basmati (8-9 mt) and non-basmati (98-100 mt) is likely to surpass the earlier record.

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