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Article: Grain output may have taken 14-mn tonne hit: Mukherjee
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- The Hindustan Times
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- November 3, 2009
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New Delhi, Nov. 3 -- The erratic monsoon during this year, followed by floods in some parts of the country, could have lowered India's foodgrain output by some 14-15 million tonnes, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Tuesday.
"I'm waiting for a hard assessment of the sub-normal southwest monsoon and the impact of floods in some parts of the country," the finance minister said at the annual Economic Editors' Conference.
"There are some estimates that grain production will be less -- 14-15 million tonnes. But we will have to wait for the inputs," he said during the interactive session, which, he added, would also be his last, ahead of the national budget in February.
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