Agricultural Production

 

Agricultural Production and Miscellaneous - Facts of India

Agricultural Production

• Largest producer of milk
• Largest producer of millets in the world
• Largest producer of jute
• Largest producer of ginger
• Largest producer of bananas
• Largest producer of castor oil seeds
• Largest producer of mangoes
• Largest producer of coir
• Largest producer of papayas
• Largest producer of cottonseed
• Largest producer of lemons and limes
• Largest producer of onions
• Largest producer of pulses
• Second largest producer of tea, after China
• Second largest producer of sugarcane, after Brazil
• Second largest producer of wheat, after China
• Second largest producer of potatoes, after China
• Second largest producer of garlic, after China
• Second largest producer of rice, after China
• Second largest producer of lentils, after Canada
• Second largest producer of groundnuts, after China
• Second largest producer of oranges, after Brazil
• Second largest producer of tobacco, after China
• Second largest producer of cement, after China
• Second largest producer of silk, after China

Miscellaneous Facts

• India was the first to introduce government-supported family planning in the world.
• India has the largest postal network in the world.
• India has the largest livestock population in the world.
• India is the largest consumer of gold jewellery in the world.
• India has the second largest arable land in the world, after the USA.
• India is the third largest producer and second largest consumer of fertiliser in the world.
• India has the largest deposits of thorium in the world.