For the first time, the value of milk produced exceeded the total value of foodgrains. For the first time, the value of milk produced exceeded the total value of foodgrains. According to the Central Statistics Office’s (CSO) detailed crop-wise estimates of the value of output from agriculture and allied sectors, the country’s farmers produced milk worth Rs 4,95,841 crore in 2014-15. For the first time, the value of milk produced exceeded the total value of foodgrains (cereals plus pulses), which stood at Rs 4,86,846 crore, and was way above paddy at Rs 2,26,481 crore or wheat at Rs 1,28,998 crore, according to latest figures released this month. Second, milk — unlike paddy, wheat or sugarcane — is harvested and marketed not in quintals, but litres.

Source: Indian Express October 22, 2017 20:41 UTC