Telangana paddy output up four times in 5 years
January 15, 2021
But, exports less than 1% on high costs, pesticide residues: FTCCI
After becoming a State, Telangana’s paddy production has gone up significantly as it improved irrigation facilities.
Paddy production in the State increased by four times to 1.3 crore tonnes in 2019-20 from 29 lakh tonnes recorded in 2015-16, emerging as a key rice producing State in the country.
The total paddy production in 2020-21 is expected to grow to 2.30 crore tonnes (from 1.30 crore tonnes in 2019-20) as the area under the crop witnessed a huge growth.
However, this has not reflected in export numbers. The exports, however, continued to remain less than 0.5 per cent of India’s total rice exports.