date:May 23, 2014
With demand of bakery, value added and ready-to-eat wheat products are increasing, Indias wheat production will touch 100 million tonnes by 2016-17 (April 2016 to March 2017) fiscal year.
The total production of wheat which accounts for about 35 per cent of Indias foodgrains basket may reach 100 million tonnes by 2016-17 from the level of about 93.5 million tonnes as of 2012-13, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) said in a study titled Wheat Economy of India.