Poor monsoon likely to hit 2015-16 kharif output by 1.78%

Poor monsoon likely to hit 2015-16 kharif output by 1.78% Foodgrain output was 126.31 million tonnes (MT) in the kharif (summer) season of the 2014-15 crop year (July-June). The country had achieved a record 131.27 MT foodgrain production in 2011-12.