Government of Tamil Nadu

Department of Economics and Statistics

Season and Crop Report 2005-06

9. COMPARISON WITH OTHER STATES

In India, rice is the major constituent of foodgrains in general (apart from wheat) and so the rice producing states are considered to be the major foodgrains producing states. Out of the total production of 198.37 million tonnes of foodgrains at the national level as per the final estimates for the year 2004-05 which is the latest available data for all India comparison, the contribution of Tamilnadu stands at 6.18 million tonnes, placing it at 12th in the ranking of states.

The comparison of area and production of foodgrains in major foodgrains producing states is presented in the following graphical representation.