🇮🇳 India’s Food Gap: Enough cereals & milk, but short of pulses, vegetables & dry fruits
🇮🇳 India: Annual Food Production vs ICMR-Recommended Consumption
(’000 tonnes, All-India level)
🌾Cereals: 2,88,314 vs 1,25,405 → +1,62,909 surplus ⬆️
🫘 Pulses: 27,302 vs 28,425 → -1,123 shortfall ⬇️
🥛 Milk: 2,30,577 vs 1,50,487 → +80,090 surplus ⬆️
🥦 Vegetables: 1,99,934 vs 2,00,649 → -715 shortfall ⬇️
🍎 Fresh fruits: 1,02,071 vs 50,162 → +51,909 surplus ⬆️
🥜 Dry fruits: 10,428 vs 17,557 → -7,129 shortfall ⬇️
(MoSPI)