Third Advance Estimates Reflect India’s Agricultural Strength; Union Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan Approves Record Crop Projections

• Third Advance Estimates (3rd AE) for 2025–26 released by Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW) on 27 May 2026 project all-time-high foodgrain output of 376.563 million tonnes (MT).
• Output is 18.8 MT (5.3%) higher than 2024–25's 357.732 MT, driven by record rice, maize, sugarcane, groundnut and rapeseed-mustard.
• Examinable for GS-III (Agriculture, Food Security) — covers MSP context, crop-wise output, estimation methodology, and Digital Crop Survey (DCS).