RAS question
What is the production of oilseeds in Rajasthan estimated for 2024-25?
Correct answer: (C) 96.17 lakh tonnes.
Rajasthan's oilseed production for 2024-25 is estimated at 96.17 lakh tonnes.
Explanation
Rajasthan's 2024-25 oilseed production estimate is 96.17 lakh tonnes. The Economic Review compares this with 101.22 lakh tonnes in 2023-24 and records a 4.99 per cent decrease, which separates the current-year estimate from older figures. The Economic Review treats oilseeds as a combined crop group, covering kharif crops such as groundnut, sesamum, soyabean and castor seed, and rabi crops such as rape and mustard, taramira and linseed. The year is decisive: 101.22 lakh tonnes belongs to 2023-24, while 96.17 lakh tonnes is the 2024-25 estimate.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 103.41 lakh tonnes belongs to Rajasthan's 2022-23 oilseed production, not the 2024-25 estimate.
- (B) 101.22 lakh tonnes is the comparison figure for 2023-24, not the 2024-25 estimate.
- (D) 67.75 lakh tonnes is tied to the rabi oilseed figure for 2022-23, so it is neither the total oilseed production nor the 2024-25 estimate.
Concept
Rajasthan agriculture statistics under the Economy of Rajasthan syllabus include crop-group production trends. Such figures recur in RAS because the Economic Review is a standard source for year-wise state economy questions.