With deficient monsoon rains this season, the government on Tuesday set a lower foodgrain production target of 373.93 million tonnes (MT) for the 2026-27 crop year (July-June), against an estimated output of 376.56 MT in 2025-26. Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the production target was marginally revised downward due to the El Niño impact on rains. The projection for the next crop year includes a rabi output target of 177.72 MT, which is higher than the previous year’s actual winter crops output of 174.51 MT.