RAS question
What is the total food grain production in Rajasthan for 2024-25 (advance estimate)?
Correct answer: (C) 267.67 lakh tonnes.
Rajasthan's total food grain production for 2024-25, as per the advance estimate, is 267.67 lakh tonnes.
Explanation
The 2024-25 advance estimate places Rajasthan's total food grain production at 267.67 lakh tonnes. The Economic Review describes this as total food grain production, covering cereals and pulses, and states that it is expected to rise by 10.67 per cent compared with the previous year. That makes option C the only figure matching the current advance estimate. The other figures are earlier-year production values, so they may look plausible in a trend table but do not answer the specific 2024-25 advance-estimate question.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 241.86 lakh tonnes is the 2023-24 final figure, not the 2024-25 advance estimate.
- (B) 273.24 lakh tonnes refers to the 2020-21 figure, so it does not represent the current advance estimate asked in the question.
- (D) 252.80 lakh tonnes was the 2022-23 figure, while the 2024-25 advance estimate is higher at 267.67 lakh tonnes.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan Economy data reading, especially how advance estimates differ from earlier final production figures. RAS often asks such questions because candidates must track current state-level economic indicators, not just static concepts.