Agriculture Index: Year- and Crop-wise Weight and Index Numbers of Area under Principal Agriculture Crops
The dataset contains year- and crop-wise weight and index number of yield of principal agriculture crops, such as rice, wheat, maize, tur, gram, groundnut, rapeseed and mustard, cotton, jute, mesta, tea, coffee, rubber, sugarcane, tobacco, potato, etc.
Agriculture Index: Year- and Crop-wise Weight and Index Numbers of Area under Principal Agriculture Crops
The dataset contains year- and crop-wise weight and index number of yield of principal agriculture crops, such as rice, wheat, maize, tur, gram, groundnut, rapeseed and mustard, cotton, jute, mesta, tea, coffee, rubber, sugarcane, tobacco, potato, etc.
Rows: 299
Columns: 7
Time period: 2012-13 to 2024-25
Last Updated: 30 January 2026
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fiscal_year
category
crop_group
crop_name
index_value
unit
note
2024-25
All Commodities
127
weight in percentage, index_value in indices
2024-25
Non-foodgrains
Oilseeds Total
Groundnut
92.72
weight in percentage, index_value in indices
category_major: includes groundnut, rapeseed & mustard, sesamum, linseed, castorseed, nigerseed, safflower, sunflower and soyabean
2024-25
Foodgrains
116.63
weight in percentage, index_value in indices
2024-25
Foodgrains
Cereals
115.91
weight in percentage, index_value in indices
2024-25
Foodgrains
Cereals
Rice
117.06
weight in percentage, index_value in indices
2024-25
Foodgrains
Cereals
Wheat
119.26
weight in percentage, index_value in indices
2024-25
Foodgrains
Coarse Cereals
104.26
weight in percentage, index_value in indices
category_major: includes maize, jowar, ragi, bajra, small millets and barley
2024-25
Foodgrains
Coarse Cereals
Maize
153.71
weight in percentage, index_value in indices
category_major: includes maize, jowar, ragi, bajra, small millets and barley
2024-25
Foodgrains
Pulses
Tur
119.68
weight in percentage, index_value in indices
category_major: includes tur, urad, moong, gram, lentils and other pulses
2024-25
Foodgrains
Pulses
Gram
124.6
weight in percentage, index_value in indices
category_major: includes tur, urad, moong, gram, lentils and other pulses
The fiscal year (e.g., 2024-25) to which the crop area index data pertains.
category
String
3
299
Broad commodity classification of the crops covered, such as foodgrains, non-foodgrains, or all commodities combined.
crop_group
String
8
260
Sub-group of crops within the category, such as cereals or oilseeds; left blank for aggregate or all-commodity rows.
crop_name
String
17
208
The specific principal crop whose area is being measured, such as rice or groundnut; blank for group-level aggregates.
index_value
Float64
270
299
Index number measuring the area under principal agriculture crops relative to a base period.
unit
String
1
299
Unit of measure for the row, either the index value expressed in indices or the commodity weight expressed in percentage.
note
String
4
104
Supplementary note clarifying which crops are included in a given category or crop group.
Citation
Ministry of Finance. (2026). Agriculture Index: Year- and Crop-wise Weight and Index Numbers of Area under Principal Agriculture Crops [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/20085