date:Jul 30, 2014
ys farmers for rice and wheat. The country paid about 14,000 rupees for one tonne of wheat this year and about 13,600 rupees for a tonne of rice.
GRAIN PRODUCTION AND EXPORTS
* India, the worlds second biggest grain producer, has seen its rice output climb to 106.3 million tonnes last year from 83 million tonnes in 2004, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture data. Wheat production rose to 93.5 million tonnes this year from 72 million tonnes in 2005.
* India emerged as the worlds big