Grains and Cereals

India produced about 200 million tonnes of different food grains every year. All major grains – paddy, wheat, maize, barley, millets like jowar (great millet), bajra (pearl millet) & ragi (finger millet) are produced in the country. The country is self sufficient in grain production. Grain processing is the biggest component in the food sector, sharing over 40% of the total value. The basic feature of the sector is the predominance of primary processing sector sharing of 96% of the total value with secondary and tertiary sectors contributing about 4% of the total value addition.