The central government has estimated domestic production of food grains to reach a new record level of 291.95 million tonnes during the entire marketing season of 2019-20, which is much higher than the total production of 285.21 million tonnes for the 2018-19 season. According to the second advance estimate released by the Union Ministry of Agriculture, the country is expected to produce 117.47 million tonnes of rice during the 2019-20 season which is higher by the government target of 116. Million tonnes.